“I was cornered in a bathroom at a Hollywood event and someone told me ...” — Ariana DeBose Quote

“I was cornered in a bathroom at a Hollywood event and someone told me I took their job from them. And that, to me, was an only-in-Hollywood moment. That never happened to me in high school - no one ever cornered me and said, 'You took my boyfriend.' I guess I didn't have that problem.”

“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 to damn near every single marginalized community in one way or another.”

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

“My special thing as a kid was to play dead because I thought I was really good at it. When I was 7 or 8, I even did it in the bathroom with a hair dryer in the bathtub. I realized that I was good at it because each time my mom would scream.”

“Growing up in the States, there's this part of me that's like, man, I'm Indian. Like, this is where I belong. And as soon as I got to India, and I had to go to the bathroom in some places, I was, like, 'Man - I am American.'”

“I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face.”