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" I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life. "
Jonathan Groff
Hiding
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" Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.' "
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" I am such a huge fan of both of those shows - I've seen every episode of 'Sex in the City' and every episode of 'Girls' at least once, some multiple times. "
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" I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment. "
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" 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. "
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" I was journaling in Florence, and I was like, 'Oh, I have to come out of the closet. I have to break up with this guy' - he was my 'roommate.' So that was my awakening moment, when I stepped into my own skin while in a foreign country by myself and had a very stereotypical moment of revelation. "
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" I think about 'Will & Grace,' and I think about 'Modern Family,' and the way that being gay has become sort of middle America... in the way that they show gay people in their specific way. "
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Family
America
" I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times. "
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" I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going. "
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Theatre
New
" I loved 'Weekend,' and it meant a lot to me when I saw it in the movie theater. I think 'Looking' feels more like that movie than any of those other shows, with a little more comedy thrown in than 'Weekend.' But it's certainly got the vibe and look and feeling of that movie. "
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Me
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" My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director. "
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Right
" I feel like loyalty is such a rare quality in this world, particularly the entertainment world. "
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World
Quality
Loyalty
" I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in a complicated way. But for me they were successes because they forced me to act without singing, which I'd never done before. "
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Three
Singing
Me
" I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of. "
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" Trying to sound good at 10 A.M. is the worst. "
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Trying
" If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it. "
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Me
" I never look at myself online, and I don't read gossip Web sites. "
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Never
Online
Web
" I feel like, with a television show, you're always biting your nails hoping you're going to get that next season. "
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Feel
Always
You
" Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend. "
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Putting
Costume
Playing
" Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is. "
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Environment
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" When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was kind of tunnel vision. We were working - it was nonstop. "
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" The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea. "
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" I left 'Spring Awakening,' and within a month of leaving the show, I came out to my parents and to my friends and broke up with my boyfriend and moved into an apartment of my own and completely changed my life. "
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Parents
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" It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original. "
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" I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun. "
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" When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it. "
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Anybody
Art
Piece
" I haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite. "
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Gay
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Been