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 able to love. I rock...I rock. — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I think the New York theater audience is very savvy. Sometimes you get newbies who think they're going to be watching Smash onstage, and sometimes you have people who have been coming to theater for years. It's the combination of… — 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.… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
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
