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" 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

People

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Involved

Far

" 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. "

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Got

Man

" My mom is quite religious, and she got the name Tituss from the Bible. It's one of the smallest books in the Bible. I don't know why she added an 's,' but she just did. "

" I don't like flashy things. "

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Flashy

Things

" Why invite you to dinner if I can't cook? "

" The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work. "

Tituss Burgess

Work

Creative

" I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's. "

" I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear. "

" When I need to exorcise a demon, I grab whatever score is going to house the song I need to sing out of my system, and I sing it. "

" I get to do some unbelievably layered things. The material that I'm given is so complex, and I'm so grateful for it, so I welcome any opportunities to push boundaries. "

" Personally, I'm very private, so when my door is closed, it means I'm unavailable, and when it's open, it doesn't mean you can come in. "

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Tituss Burgess

Life

My Life

" I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning. "

" I've always been weird. "

" I could not leave Georgia fast enough. "

" I'm very much an introvert. "

" 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. "

" When I cook at home, most of the people I cook for want to be in the kitchen while I'm cooking. I love nothing more than someone monitoring how much salt I put into something, how much pepper I add - but nothing that you can offer is going to sway how I decide to deliver information to you; you'll either receive it or you won't. "

" Black people, if I may, we don't get a lot of opportunities to do a lot of different things outside the norm, outside of what is expected of us. Black women on Broadway are expected to put themselves downstage center and tear the roof off. "

Tituss Burgess

Women

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "