Nina Arianda Quotes

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Nina Arianda

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1984

I love all things Queen - their songs are epic storytelling.

Nina Arianda

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

Nina Arianda

When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way.

Nina Arianda

When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit me that I could affect people positively by performing.

Nina Arianda

I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera.

Nina Arianda

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

Nina Arianda

I was a hostess, I sold shoes, but I don't function well in jobs that don't have to do with what I love. I have cleaned bathrooms in theaters, I have sold wine in theaters, I have sold tickets, because I will do anything, anything, to stay in this world.

Nina Arianda

If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script.

Nina Arianda