Rita Moreno: 'For many years, I didn't like being a Hispanic person'

Legendary actor Rita Moreno, who stars in new dark comedy "The Prank,' opens up to TODAY about her experience moving to New York from Puerto Rico as a young child and the struggles she faced as a Latina, saying she saw herself as “unworthy and without value.” “For many years, I didn't like being a Hispanic person,” she says, and adds that it took her a long time to love who she is. “It really took forever because that’s ingrained in you when you’re very young.”

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