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" I enjoy my alone time, but I'm an open book. "
Tituss Burgess
Enjoy
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" I do not like attention. Oddly enough, I do everything I can to avoid 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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