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" I prayed fervently for a series regular job on a show that had the perceived caliber of talent that '30 Rock' had. "

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" Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing. "

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" I think Donald Trump has put America in great danger, and I think he's done a disservice to us even if he doesn't win. I think his effect is going to be kind of lasting. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 love 'Bates Motel.' I'm a huge Vera Farmiga fan, and I'm a huge Freddie Highmore fan. In fact, that entire principal casting. "

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

" Miserable people tend to act out. "

" I've always been weird. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 enjoy my alone time, but I'm an open book. "

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" I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm writing a whole new score and all the lyrics for it. "

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" I am one of the lucky ones, to work with comic giants. "

" 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. "

" When it's your turn, it's your turn. That's just the way it is. "

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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. "

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