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" I tend to ask more questions than I should as an actor. "
Michael Arden
Than
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" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "
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" So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to me than my own mother ever was. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity. "
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" 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. "
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" I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way. "
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" There is no distinction, no echelon of actors within a company. A company is only as strong as its weakest link. "
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" Every decision you make has a consequence. "
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" Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. "
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" I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. "
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" The love I have for my husband is intertwined with his, and we are two individuals looking in the same direction - as opposed to staring in each other's eyes all the time. "
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" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "
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" I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage. "
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" Kelli O'Hara is incredible. "
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" 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. "
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" I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. "
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" 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. "
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School
" 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. "
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" I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder. "
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" 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. "
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" 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 really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "
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" Magic in plays and musicals, I think, is more often created because of the work of an incredible company rather than a single component. "
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" I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle. "
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" I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in. "
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