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" I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. "
Tituss Burgess
Up
Outside
Athens
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective. "
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More
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" 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. "
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Against
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Them
" 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. "
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She
Lunch
Doing
" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "
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