ariana grande tells @voguejp she can always lean on her mother joan through intense media scrutiny: “when I felt like my work wasn't good enough to be louder than the things that were wrong with maybe my appearance or the tabloid culture that sort of latched on to me, that I felt like my soul and cancerian spirit was not strong enough to fight back against, my mom was there every single time to tell me it was bullshit and to keep singing”
evan peters on ariana grande joining #AHS13:
“what doesn’t she bring to the cast? she’s an incredible performer and actress, and I think that’s gonna be awesome to have her on board.”
ariana grande when asked what she looks for in a music collaborator: “I love people who make space for everyone's ideas. people who are super collaborative, open and just sort of receptive and can give space. […] I think what is really important in a collaborator is to not have ego be a part of it. everyone has to be daring to suck, to have the bad idea, to pitch the joke that no one giggles at, everyone has to kind of be free and unafraid. kindness, collaboration, space when needed, and understanding that everyone has a different process. sometimes you have to learn other people's processes in order to collaborate with them well.” (via @THR’s ‘awards chatter’ podcast)
ariana grande says she had to put her own experiences aside to fully embody glinda: “there has been certain moments in our lives that are really adjacent. I’ve experienced a lot of grief and loss, I know what it feels like to perform through it […] I had to put that away and go deep on building what her traumas and experiences are, so that I can use only those”