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" I smile a lot in my real life. "

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" I guess I think of myself as an actor before I think of myself as a gay actor. "

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

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

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" I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids. "

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" I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again. "

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" I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances. "

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" 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. "

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

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