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" Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was hard to live with. But I've never played a gay role before, and I didn't want to be limited by some strange perception. "
Perception
Quiet
People
" Clarity is so important for Shakespeare. "
Important
Shakespeare
Clarity
" Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied. "
Friends
Growing
Growing Up
" I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand. "
Know
New
Back
" I did 'Christmas Carol' off and on through my teenage years, so I always had that dialect and that sound in my ear, which was so helpful. It became second nature. "
Always
Sound
Years
" I don't know anything about being a royal child. But I have played Shakespearian kings. "
Anything
Kings
Know
" I don't really get nervous about the people I'll audition for, especially if it's people I admire and want to work with: it actually makes me more excited. "
Work
People
Want
" I'm from Detroit, so not exactly Buckingham Palace. "
Exactly
Palace
Detroit
" I'm from the Detroit area, just north of Detroit. But then I went to boarding school in northern Michigan, so a little bit colder up there. But beautiful, very beautiful. "
Beautiful
Up
School
" I really love the TV thing because it's a little of the best of all worlds. You have a sense of a family and work with the same people over the seasons. "
Work
People
Best
" I strive to destroy fear and judgment that once stifled me. "
Destroy
Fear
Judgment
" It is exhilarating and dangerous to perform live. You are walking a tight rope in front of hundreds of people: anything could happen on stage, and whatever does, you must find a way to make it work. "
Find
You
Work
" It's even hard for me to even watch myself, but that's the case with most actors. It's weird if an actor is like, 'I love watching myself.' "
Watching
Love
Me
" I've been painting since I was a kid. "
Since
Kid
Been
" I've learned that no matter what shape you get your body into, if you don't get your head right, you're not going to feel good about yourself. "
Yourself
You
Good
" I want to live my life moving forward with integrity and pride. "
Integrity
Moving Forward
Life
" I was a chubby kid, an outsider, and then all of a sudden I shot up to 6 foot 2, and people started calling me handsome. I couldn't accept it; I couldn't see it. "
See
Handsome
People
" I was extremely shy, but since college, I think I have opened up and gained confidence. I find it much easier to make friends, I let myself go a bit more. "
Myself
Find
Confidence
" Middle school left some scars, as I'm sure it did for many of us. When my body started to change, I felt a bit like I was living inside a stranger. People began responding to me differently, which was confusing. "
Me
Body
Change
" New York has everything, so you can do anything. "
Anything
New
New York
" No amount of gym time will make you feel beautiful if you don't feel it on the inside. "
Beautiful
Will
You
" Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast. "
Community
Time
Character
" We have to try harder to do our best every day, challenge ourselves to better our world. "
Challenge
World
Best
" What I love about working on 'Younger' is that it combines some of my favorite elements of both theatre and film. "
Love
Working
Theatre
" When you do a show eight times a week, you are constantly living in the same world for that whole time, but when you have such drastically different characters and circumstances, you have to find a way to take a moment to reconnect. "
Moment
Time
Living
" When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing. "
Want
Always
You
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