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" I'm obsessed with the 'Real Housewives ATL,' sorry about it. It's one of my favorite shows of all time. "

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" I don't like flashy things. "

" I collect musical theatre anthologies. I have a whole library of them. "

" I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself. "

" Here's what I'm going to say about that: my personal thought about the brilliance of 'Peeno Noir' as proven by the fans' appreciation is that, when watched back, what makes it so exciting is the random locations and the random costume changes and the multiple shots that we've done all over the city. "

" Personally, I'm very private, so when my door is closed, it means I'm unavailable, and when it's open, it doesn't mean you can come in. "

" I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals. "

" I do not like attention. Oddly enough, I do everything I can to avoid it. "

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

" There is absolutely nothing that you can control except showing up and doing your job. "

" Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing. "

" 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? "

" I'm black. I'm gay. I'm culturally Christian. I am a walking target on so many levels, and it is horrifying and a cross that very, very many of us who look like me have to bear. "

" I will work for Tina Fey forever. "

" The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat. "

" I am well aware of my good fortune, and I only hope to diversify so I can do what I'm already doing for more people as opposed to being so large and so great that I no longer want to do the thing that got me here. "

" Actors are a peculiar breed. "

" Titus belongs to 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' Titus Andromedon. Tituss Burgess couldn't be more different. I get how people think I'm one and the same, but I just don't live there. I'm nothing like that man, and whatever I would do wouldn't be in stark contrast just because, but because I'm in stark contrast, it would be different. "

" When it's your turn, it's your turn. That's just the way it is. "

" 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. "

" The older I get, the easier it is to be all of me. "

" I enjoy my alone time, but I'm an open book. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I never had trouble within the audition room. That is a room that I control. So while I certainly experienced versions of what Titus Andromedon was going through, I never experienced the self-doubt. "