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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. "

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" So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light. "

Tituss Burgess

Community

Light

Positive

" My microphone went out in the 2009 Tony Awards. It was my big moment, and I was so excited to perform and lead the cast; I sang 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat.' Every actor dreams of standing front and center on the Tony Awards, and I start to sing, and you hear this crackling. I had no idea what to do - were they going to stop a live telecast? "

" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "

" Outside stimulation makes me nervous! "

Tituss Burgess

Makes

Nervous

" There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man. "

" I'm a person who does not like to journal; I don't like to sit down and write... I don't even like sending emails. "

" Taking care of children was not something I was good at. "

" One thing I refuse to do is force it. So I've canceled many auditions because nothing has come up, and I don't want to waste anybody's time. God forbid they outright give it to me and I don't connect with it. "

Tituss Burgess

Want

Nothing

" 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. "

" I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective. "

Tituss Burgess

Involved

Far

" You put it out there, you go film it, you go write it, you go record it... but the fans are the ones who decide it. "

Tituss Burgess

Film

Fans

" I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. "

Tituss Burgess

Outside

Athens

" The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work. "

Tituss Burgess

Work

Creative

" Why invite you to dinner if I can't cook? "

" I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds. "

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

" I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well. "

" I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day! "

" 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. "

" The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to. "

" I worked at Ruby Foos early on as a host. I was only there for a little bit, but I had several odd jobs to pay the bills before that. And being in New York for the first year, I got here in 2003, and it was a very exciting but very scary time not knowing how you would make ends meet and me trying to meet people. "

" I fell asleep during 'The Dark Knight Rises.' I fell asleep during 'The Hunger Games,' all of them. I cannot stay awake. As soon as a movie starts, I'm asleep! "

" I will work for Tina Fey forever. "

" 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. "

" It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. "

Tituss Burgess

Life

My Life

" For me, having walked through Times Square so many times as a broke and starving artist, as a TV star, and now having other hopes and dreams, it just represents possibility and the moment of full circle. "

" The people I've met have been inherently delicious and warm and appreciative. It makes those 14-hour-days so worth it. "

" My mom is quite religious, and she got the name Tituss from the Bible. It's one of the smallest books in the Bible. I don't know why she added an 's,' but she just did. "

" Life moves so fast, my friend. I am just lucky and happy to have the people I care about there along with me, watching all of this occur. "

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