West Side Story (2021)

Rita Moreno: Valentina

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• Tony : If you hadn't cared for me like you always done, I wouldn't even be here alive, which - maybe I shouldn't be.

  Valentina : Don't *ever* say that, Tony. Life matters even more than love.

  Tony : They're the same thing.

• Valentina : [to the Jets]  I know you. I know all of your names. Since you were born; I watched you grow up. And you have grown into rapists.

  [Valentina heads back to the basement] 

  Valentina : [to the Jets]  You dishonor yourselves. You dishonor your dead.

• Valentina : [singing]  There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us, Peace and quiet and open air, Wait for us, Somewhere, There's a time for us, Someday a time for us, Time together, With time to spare, Time to look, Time to care, Someday, Somewhere, We'll find a new way of living We'll find a way of forgiving, Somewhere, There's a place for us, A time and place for us, Hold my hand and we're halfway there, Hold my hand and I'll take you there, Somehow, Someday, Somewhere...

• Tony : I don't wanna jinx it, but maybe I'm done with trouble.

  Valentina : You are *never* done with troubles. ¡Nunca!.

• Valentina : Keep looking for better, mi milagro. Like you always done.

  Tony : [singing]  Could be? Who knows? There's something due any day, I will know right away, Soon as it shows, It may come cannonballing, Down through the sky, Gleam in its eye, Bright as a rose, Who knows? It's only just out of reach, Down the block, On a beach, Under a tree, I got a feeling there's a miracle due, Gonna come true, Coming to me, Could it be? Yes, it could, Something's coming, Something good, If I can wait, Something's coming, I don't know what it is, But it is gonna be great...

• Tony : What's "forever"? Like, "I wanna be with you forever."

  Valentina : You don't wanna start, maybe, with "I'd like to take you out to coffee"?

  Tony : No. Come on, tell me.

  Valentina : "I wanna take you to Chock Full o' Nuts for a cream cheese sandwich on a raisin bread"?

  Tony : This ain't casual like that.

  Valentina : Oh. "I want to be with you forever." "Quiero estar contigo para siempre."

  Tony : "Quiero estar con - con..."

  Valentina : Con - "Contigo" - "With You" - "Para siempre."

  Tony : "Siempre."

  Valentina : "Siempre." "Forever."

• Valentina : Tony, wake up. I know you love Riff, but he hates Puerto Ricans. That is not you.

  Tony : Riff don't hate you.

  Valentina : I married a gringo. He thinks that makes me a gringa, which it don't. And I ain't.