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" I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. "

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" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. "

" There is no distinction, no echelon of actors within a company. A company is only as strong as its weakest link. "

" I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "

" It's exciting to share an art form that I would never have imagined sharing with the deaf community. Doing musicals, it's not like, 'Oh, I'll do a musical with a deaf person.' "

" It's my goal to help actors achieve their best work, and I think I speak the same language as actors, so I understand how they do it, and I just love being able to create the playground in which they build their beautiful sandcastle. "

" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "

" I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder. "

" Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. "

" Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another. "

" I would want everyone to love someone in the purest sense of the word - an unconditional love in which you don't expect anything in return. "

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" I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. "

" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "

" When you step off a plane into a place like Haiti, you're just surrounded by overwhelming stimulus: the people selling you things, asking you to engage. "

" I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. "

" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "

" The deaf community has shaped me as an artist and a person, and I am very grateful that I have been able to share and create so much art with a group of people I would have never imagined sharing and creating with. It's a true testament to the power of theater. There are no walls. "

" I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in. "

" I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men. "

" As someone who lives with an animal, I think it's important to learn how to responsibly care for souls who don't have their own voice. They can't advocate for themselves. "

" I'm interested in people's relationship to objects, so I think a lot of my work is very tactile. "

" Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. "

" I love Disney. "

" Every decision you make has a consequence. "

" My favorite collaborator is Dane Laffrey, who designed the set for 'Once on This Island,' but we've worked together since high school, when he was my roommate. "

" At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't to say we need to all be the same. It simply means we need to embrace each other's differences to help tell our stories together. "

" Kelli O'Hara is incredible. "

" I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. "

" The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows whose lives we can change by doing those things. "

" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "