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" I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade. "

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" Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy. "

Jonathan Groff

Yourself

You

Want

" There's something special about 'Looking.' "

" I was definitely planning to go to college, but I deferred my admission to Carnegie Mellon to be in a non-equity tour of 'The Sound of Music.' But I made very little money in the tour, and college is really expensive, and I thought I'd never be able to pay off those loans. "

" For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour. "

" It's one thing to experience your Broadway debut alone, but to share it with an entire company was like summer camp or a college experience, where you were really growing up together. "

" I can say that I've become a David Fincher disciple. I have been completely turned. "

" There is really nothing like doing a play in New York. "

" Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.' "

" Obviously, gay projects play a special role for me because I am gay, so I'm doubly proud of them. "

" While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so. "

Jonathan Groff

High School

High

" I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything. "

" I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers perform on stage every night. "

" When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told me about 'Backstage,' and so I got my school in Pennsylvania to subscribe. And there was an audition for a tour of 'The Sound of Music,' and I got the job. Deferred my admission to college just to go on tour. "

" I wish that I could take credit for the success of 'Frozen' and 'Hamilton.' But I just feel lucky to be in 'em. "

" The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it got me my Equity card, too. I waited 12 hours to be seen for it, though! "

" Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master. "

" I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade. Our school would take bus trips up to see shows, and so it was on one of their bus trips that I got to see 'Beauty and the Beast.' "

" When you get to really involve yourself with a piece and the other people, and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. "

Jonathan Groff

Work

Together

" I'm not on Twitter. I'm not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. "

" There's not a lot of gay programming on TV. "

Jonathan Groff

Gay

Programming

" There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. "

" The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea. "

" I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd. "

" I'm very selective about television because you sign away so much of your life to it. "

" It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you. "

" I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times. "

" After 'Spring Awakening,' I wanted to do things that are really challenging and outside my comfort zone: things that scare me a little and make me grow. "

Jonathan Groff

Spring

Grow

" When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I was living with my 'roommate,' who was my boyfriend but was my roommate to everyone else. "

" Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing. "

" Before 'Mindhunter,' I was doing this show called 'Looking' on HBO. "