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

I'm a Broadway girl at heart.

— 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

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

— 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

The more positive representation and accurate representation we have in the world, the more we can understand ourselves better.

— 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 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

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

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

— Ariana DeBose

I don't like work experiences, period, where I feel like I'm asked to fit a box, because my job is to discover…

— 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

I don't think roles for queer women have to always present in one specific way.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— 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

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

— 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

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 grew up as a competitive dancer.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

After a while you also learn you can't change everyone's mind. That's on them.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose