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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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" Magic in plays and musicals, I think, is more often created because of the work of an incredible company rather than a single component. "

" 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. "

" 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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" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "

" 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. "

" We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. "

" I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put together, and I'd love for it to be nonverbal so it's something that someone with any communication ability can enjoy. "

" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "

" 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. "

" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. "

" I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. "

" I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. "

" 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. "

" The most exciting thing I've seen is directors not only being open to actors coming in the room with different abilities but actively looking at ways that the story can be enlarged with disabled actors. "

" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" 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. "

" I tend to ask more questions than I should as an actor. "

" You can't ever go back; life is incredibly short and fragile. "

" I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "

" 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. "

" There is no distinction, no echelon of actors within a company. A company is only as strong as its weakest link. "

" 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. "

" I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. "

" I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder. "