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" Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a world that I would never be a part of. "

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" The most exciting thing I've seen is directors not only being open to actors coming in the room with different abilities but actively looking at ways that the story can be enlarged with disabled actors. "

" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "

" My grandparents, Jim and Pat Moore, were an incredible couple. They drove me to the community theater, where I did plays as a kid. "

" Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another. "

" Say you have a young black kid, and you come to see a Sondheim show. You love the material, but you look on stage, and you don't see anyone who looks like you. That puts a barrier between the audience and what they're trying to absorb. "

" I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in. "

" There is no distinction, no echelon of actors within a company. A company is only as strong as its weakest link. "

" I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way. "

" I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. "

" I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men. "

" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "

" I'm interested in people's relationship to objects, so I think a lot of my work is very tactile. "

" We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. "

" As someone who lives with an animal, I think it's important to learn how to responsibly care for souls who don't have their own voice. They can't advocate for themselves. "

" You can't ever go back; life is incredibly short and fragile. "

" At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't to say we need to all be the same. It simply means we need to embrace each other's differences to help tell our stories together. "

" I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. "

" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put together, and I'd love for it to be nonverbal so it's something that someone with any communication ability can enjoy. "

" The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows whose lives we can change by doing those things. "

" I would want everyone to love someone in the purest sense of the word - an unconditional love in which you don't expect anything in return. "

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" I tend to ask more questions than I should as an actor. "

" I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. "

" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "

" I love Disney. "

" I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "

" Every decision you make has a consequence. "

" I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. "

" I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder. "

" We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it. "