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" I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals. "
Tituss Burgess
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" This is a fickle industry. Here today, gone tomorrow. I don't want to spend all the time reflecting. I want to spend it doing. "
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" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "
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" There is absolutely nothing that you can control except showing up and doing your job. "
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" 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. "
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" Here's what I'm going to say about that: my personal thought about the brilliance of 'Peeno Noir' as proven by the fans' appreciation is that, when watched back, what makes it so exciting is the random locations and the random costume changes and the multiple shots that we've done all over the city. "
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" If I stayed in Florida, I would have a house and a dog and a partner. And, honestly, I was so bored. "
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" 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. "
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" Sondheim is New York. "
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" We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television. "
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" Miserable people tend to act out. "
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" I tell you, my naps are epic. They win awards. "
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" Taking care of children was not something I was good at. "
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" Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat. "
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" For me, having walked through Times Square so many times as a broke and starving artist, as a TV star, and now having other hopes and dreams, it just represents possibility and the moment of full circle. "
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" 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. "
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" I fell asleep during 'The Dark Knight Rises.' I fell asleep during 'The Hunger Games,' all of them. I cannot stay awake. As soon as a movie starts, I'm asleep! "
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