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" I never had trouble within the audition room. That is a room that I control. So while I certainly experienced versions of what Titus Andromedon was going through, I never experienced the self-doubt. "

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Tituss Burgess

Women

People

" I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds. "

" Carol Kane is just as warm as you would think she is, and she is so smart and really a living legend and has so much to offer. "

" 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. "

" I was on 'Blue Bloods.' Which I think got cut. "

" I collect musical theatre anthologies. I have a whole library of them. "

" 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. "

" I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day! "

" I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older. "

" Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone. "

" 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. "

" Outside stimulation makes me nervous! "

Tituss Burgess

Makes

Nervous

" I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well. "

" I'm not one of those people to outgrow my initial blessings. "

" I tell you, my naps are epic. They win awards. "

" I don't go out much. I have people over, and I cook dinner, or we play the piano, or we watch TV. "

Tituss Burgess

Dinner

Watch

" 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. "

" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "

" I had this one audition - I won't say the casting director's name, but she was on the phone the whole time I sang. I was literally doing my audition, and she was on the phone. So I guess whatever it is she was ordering for lunch was more important than the high C's I was belting out. "

" Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat. "

" 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. "

" It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. "

Tituss Burgess

Life

My Life

" People have to work to maintain happiness. It's easy to be miserable. It's easy to stay miserable. It's easy to live in a place where nothing's working and not being able to work your way out of it. It's much harder to choose happiness, to choose laughter, to choose a positive. "

" I never had any trouble being myself. Myself was a problem for a lot of people, but I didn't have a problem. "

" I don't enjoy attention as much as people may think I do. "

" Outside of the oppressive nature that the South offered to the black people, black gay people, black gay people who happened to be Christian, who wouldn't want to leave? I couldn't wait to get out of there. "

" 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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I Am

Gay

" I can call up a friend and have them meet me for a drink in 20 minutes, and suddenly, the night unfolds into this glorious, uniquely New York situation. I wouldn't give it up for the world. "

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New York

Night

" 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. "

" 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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Film

Fans