Moreno acknowledged that having a great mindset has actually added to her durability– in program company and in basic–“probably quite a bit.”
Summing up her technique, she described, “I call it spreading joy. If I see someone on the street who has a beautiful jacket on, I don’t mind just stopping and saying, ‘Excuse me, that is a beautiful jacket, you have good taste.’ I found in my life that that makes people very happy.”
Doing things that individuals tend to refrain from doing for each other any longer, like holding a door open or providing somebody a hand at the grocery store, are amongst the little gestures that go a long method.
“And people don’t know who I am,” she included. “Don’t assume that everybody knows who Rita Moreno is. They just know that somebody was very kind to them at the supermarket and helped them with their packages. I love doing that because I know it makes the day of that person.”
The Prank remains in theaters now.
