Ariana DeBose

I grew up as a competitive dancer.

— Ariana DeBose

I'm a Broadway girl at heart.

— Ariana DeBose

I speak dance better than I speak English.

— Ariana DeBose

The road less traveled is difficult, but it can be done.

— Ariana DeBose

My entire career has been people trying to put me in boxes.

— Ariana DeBose

My mom is a public educator, and so teaching is sort of ingrained in me, in a way.

— Ariana DeBose

When I first started out, I wanted to be Madonna's backup dancer.

— Ariana DeBose

As a color, red represents so many things - power, sensuality, vulnerability, and strength.

— Ariana DeBose

It is surreal. It's wild. I will never not be 'Golden Globe-winner Ariana DeBose' now, you know?

— Ariana DeBose

You cannot just boil down what it is to be Latino in one thing.

— Ariana DeBose

When I think of growing up, I see dance, I hear music and I think of teachers.

— Ariana DeBose

When you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, your body will let you know.

— Ariana DeBose

I would tell any and all young people who are curious about a life in the performing arts to stay curious, stay…

— Ariana DeBose

In your formative years what you see really shapes so much of who you're going to become and so many of the…

— Ariana DeBose

I firmly believe the fame thing isn't 'real.' It's a by-product of the work being received well and, yes, I can tell…

— Ariana DeBose

To me colour is part of what makes you 'you,' but it's not your whole thing. I'm very aware of it but…

— Ariana DeBose

I move toward projects that I find interesting, but I also want to try and make work that I feel can have…

— Ariana DeBose

It's really fascinating how society has chosen to view or define what it is to be Latino. Latinos are not a monolith.…

— Ariana DeBose

I'm queer, I'm Afro-Lat, I'm biracial. I have so many different labels. I'm like, Good Lord - I am America. I belong…

— Ariana DeBose

I think representation is paramount. It's really important to grow up and see humans moving through the world that show you possibilities,…

— Ariana DeBose

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…

— Ariana DeBose

When I was 11, I was riding in the car with my mother. We were in the middle of a dance workshop,…

— Ariana DeBose

As a queer woman of colour I've been asked to be more urban, as if my brand of Blackness wasn't quite Black…

— Ariana DeBose

I finished high school and started college, but I had auditioned for 'So You Think You Can Dance' and ended up on…

— Ariana DeBose

I was probably seven or eight when I first watched 'West Side Story.' The film - and 'Dance with Me' with Vanessa…

— Ariana DeBose

I'm noticing generations that are coming up behind me that have gone to university or conservatory and, while they have beautiful technique…

— Ariana DeBose

I believe in variety and I don't believe in doing the same thing twice.

— Ariana DeBose

Even when I was young, I was like, 'I know I can do this. I know I'm going to be an entertainer.'

— Ariana DeBose

Broadway found me. And I'm very grateful to have been found.

— Ariana DeBose

That's really special when you can watch a work of art change the world.

— Ariana DeBose

Pants at the Oscars is lit, hunnyyyy. That's a four-hour telecast - comfy and chic? Werk!

— Ariana DeBose

Broadway shows, you can do them for years and that's great. It's not my style, personally.

— Ariana DeBose

Actors are weirdos.

— Ariana DeBose

Bring It On' gave me my Equity card.

— Ariana DeBose

We just need to love each other.

— Ariana DeBose

That's what I do best - communicate through movement.

— Ariana DeBose

I loved to dance, and I just knew I wanted to be on stage.

— Ariana DeBose

I was taught to hustle, to grind, to always try and find your next gig.

— Ariana DeBose

I have always wanted to make art that I thought was a conversation starter.

— Ariana DeBose

To be recognized by your fellow actors, that's real special.

— Ariana DeBose