I've been in New York for 14 years. I would never leave for good. The city is so much more alive than so many other places, and I think it is fodder for performers. You see so much; research is… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I went to grad school in San Francisco, and then left for New York City with my eye on Broadway. I had saved $5000,… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the meaning of… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether or not the producers think that there are five other people waiting for the job, the one that is there needs… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
Somebody came and directed a show at my high school. I approached it with sort of the sensibility - "Oh, I know that music. I'm going to go audition." I ended up being in it and I sang and it was mind-altering - to me, to my parents, who had never heard me sing like that. It put a stop… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share
I remember seeing 'Snow White' and saying to my mother, 'Will there ever be a Chocolate Brown?' She said 'Probably. Why not?' I just… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I think what's happening in Hollywood is a direct reflection of what's happening in the world right now. — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I feel like if you are going to come to somebody who you don't even know on a worldwide platform, then your idiocy needs… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props! — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
The seventies was a time when a lot of people didn't tell their children they were adopted. — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I rock because sometimes I'm scared and that's alright. I rock because I'm not afraid to cry. I rock because I'm loved and I'm… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I think personal power is having the availability to say, 'No' to something, whatever that may be. — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
