"I felt like a protective nerd, like the gatekeeping fan girl in the room," Ariana Grande jokingly told the crowd at the DGA Theater Tuesday night. The Oscar nominee, speaking in conversation with Billie Eilish for an FYC event,

Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Ariana Grande gets granular about the intense work that went into her performance as Galinda in 'Wicked'.

As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."