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" Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone. "
Tituss Burgess
You
Day
Dislike
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" The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to. "
Tituss Burgess
People
Comfort
Feel
" One thing I refuse to do is force it. So I've canceled many auditions because nothing has come up, and I don't want to waste anybody's time. God forbid they outright give it to me and I don't connect with it. "
Tituss Burgess
Me
Want
Nothing
" Actors are a peculiar breed. "
Tituss Burgess
Peculiar
Breed
" You put it out there, you go film it, you go write it, you go record it... but the fans are the ones who decide it. "
Tituss Burgess
Go
Film
Fans
" I'm black. I'm gay. I'm culturally Christian. I am a walking target on so many levels, and it is horrifying and a cross that very, very many of us who look like me have to bear. "
Tituss Burgess
I Am
Gay
Me
" When I got to New York, all I wanted to do - or so I thought - was win a Tony award or, at least, be nominated. "
Tituss Burgess
New York
Win
Thought
" There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man. "
Tituss Burgess
Measure
Great
Against
" I worked at Ruby Foos early on as a host. I was only there for a little bit, but I had several odd jobs to pay the bills before that. And being in New York for the first year, I got here in 2003, and it was a very exciting but very scary time not knowing how you would make ends meet and me trying to meet people. "
Tituss Burgess
Time
Not Knowing
People
" I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear. "
Tituss Burgess
Think
Comfortable
Laundry
" So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light. "
Tituss Burgess
Community
Light
Positive
" The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in. "
Tituss Burgess
Got
Man
Me
" I enjoy my alone time, but I'm an open book. "
Tituss Burgess
Enjoy
Book
Open
" The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue. "
Tituss Burgess
Within
Because
Country
" I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm writing a whole new score and all the lyrics for it. "
Tituss Burgess
New
Writing
Wife
" Life moves so fast, my friend. I am just lucky and happy to have the people I care about there along with me, watching all of this occur. "
Tituss Burgess
Friend
People
Life
" I was on 'Blue Bloods.' Which I think got cut. "
Tituss Burgess
Think
I Think
Got
" I've always been weird. "
Tituss Burgess
Weird
Always
Been
" Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing. "
Tituss Burgess
See
One Thing
Often
" I love 'Bates Motel.' I'm a huge Vera Farmiga fan, and I'm a huge Freddie Highmore fan. In fact, that entire principal casting. "
Tituss Burgess
Fan
Fact
Casting
" The older I get, the easier it is to be all of me. "
Tituss Burgess
Get
Older
Easier
" I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective. "
Tituss Burgess
Involved
Far
More
" Ellie Kemper I just adore. She is such a warm, generous actor, and we have this wonderful rapport off camera, and that's very important. "
Tituss Burgess
Warm
She
Important
" Titus belongs to 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' Titus Andromedon. Tituss Burgess couldn't be more different. I get how people think I'm one and the same, but I just don't live there. I'm nothing like that man, and whatever I would do wouldn't be in stark contrast just because, but because I'm in stark contrast, it would be different. "
Tituss Burgess
Man
People
Be Different
" I don't want to sound pretentious or meta or anything, but I don't write until it comes to me... People know when something is inspired and when something is not, and I don't want to waste anyone's time. "
Tituss Burgess
Know
Me
People
" I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well. "
Tituss Burgess
Resting
Well
You
" I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day! "
Tituss Burgess
Need
Morning
Coffee
" It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. "
Tituss Burgess
Life
My Life
Me
" I've always given attention to detail. I've always given my heart and soul into a lyric, into a line. "
Tituss Burgess
Always
Soul
Heart
" I know that I need a lot of sleep, and while I'm filming, I probably won't get it. "
Tituss Burgess
Need
Filming
Get
" I had this one audition - I won't say the casting director's name, but she was on the phone the whole time I sang. I was literally doing my audition, and she was on the phone. So I guess whatever it is she was ordering for lunch was more important than the high C's I was belting out. "
Tituss Burgess
She
Lunch
Doing