Ariana DeBose

Bring It On' gave me my Equity card.

— Ariana DeBose

We just need to love each other.

— Ariana DeBose

Actors are weirdos.

— Ariana DeBose

I grew up as a competitive dancer.

— Ariana DeBose

I'm a Broadway girl at heart.

— Ariana DeBose

I'm not really a fussy red carpet kind of girl.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

I really love people and I believe in philanthropy and advocacy.

— Ariana DeBose

When I first moved to New York, you know, I was a starving artist.

— Ariana DeBose

I have always had a strong sense of intuition.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

I was really lucky in my childhood. My mom was amazing.

— Ariana DeBose

I've danced for camera before, done a few TV gigs, and I loved it.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

I had been involved in the development process of 'Hamilton' for quite a number of years before we brought it to Broadway.

— Ariana DeBose

I always needed to be better than I was the day before. Not trying wasn't an option.

— Ariana DeBose

My Blackness, my Latinidad, and my queerness all resonate in me equally and can't be separated from each other.

— Ariana DeBose

In the conversation around Black Lives Matter, Afro-Latinx people, we are part of that conversation.

— Ariana DeBose

I'm a social butterfly. But as I've gotten older, I've realized that I do have that side of me where I become…

— Ariana DeBose

I didn't see the Tony nomination coming at all. It wasn't on my radar. I just was happy to have a gig,…

— Ariana DeBose

I made a very conscious decision to get to know the business of my business.

— Ariana DeBose

We didn't speak Spanish at home. My mother is an educator and a glorious white woman, and I love the upbringing that…

— Ariana DeBose

As a kid I felt an ugly duckling. I never felt pretty, which is strange because if you talk to my family,…

— 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

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 when you work in the entertainment industry, people around you change - but if you know who you are, you're…

— 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 was cornered in a bathroom at a Hollywood event and someone told me I took their job from them. And that,…

— Ariana DeBose

I had grown up watching the Tonys on the television. I think every sensible theater geek is watching that opening number, dreaming…

— Ariana DeBose

Dancers do not progress to become leading ladies. We become well-respected ensemblists. When I left 'Hamilton,' I realized that if I wanted…

— Ariana DeBose

You know, the journey of coming out, the journey of identity is ongoing and to stand in your authentic truth for all…

— 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

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose

I never expect anybody to know who I am.

— Ariana DeBose

Much like identity, my relationship with my body and my style evolves.

— Ariana DeBose

Triple threat roles are what I'm built for.

— Ariana DeBose

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

— Ariana DeBose