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" 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. "

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" I'm from Detroit, so not exactly Buckingham Palace. "

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" 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. "

" Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied. "

" 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. "

" I've been painting since I was a kid. "

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" I strive to destroy fear and judgment that once stifled me. "

" We have to try harder to do our best every day, challenge ourselves to better our world. "

" 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. "

" I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "