I was from Broadway, and typically when they make movie musicals in the States, they aren't using theater talent, they're using pop stars. — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I'd love to make movies, the challenge of it. They're almost always shot out of order, so you have to figure out where your character is in a moment, even if you haven't yet shot the moment that got you… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I would tell any and all young people who are curious about a life in the performing arts to stay curious, stay humbled, and… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
As a queer woman of colour I've been asked to be more urban, as if my brand of Blackness wasn't quite Black enough. I… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
When I think of growing up, I see dance, I hear music and I think of teachers. — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
In your formative years what you see really shapes so much of who you're going to become and so many of the things I… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
The more positive representation and accurate representation we have in the world, the more we can understand ourselves better. — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I was probably seven or eight when I first watched 'West Side Story.' The film - and 'Dance with Me' with Vanessa Williams and… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I'm a woman. I fluctuate, I bloat - one day I'm curvy, one day I'm lean. That doesn't mean that there aren't days where… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
To me colour is part of what makes you 'you,' but it's not your whole thing. I'm very aware of it but I don't… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I don't like work experiences, period, where I feel like I'm asked to fit a box, because my job is to discover the box… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
When I was 11, I was riding in the car with my mother. We were in the middle of a dance workshop, and on… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
