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" I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able. "

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" I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up. "

" I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character. "

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" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "

" I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. "

" I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that. "

" In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger. "

" I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'. "

" As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts. "

" I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient. "

" I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door. "

" I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus. "

" I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now. "

" You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important. "

" My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun. "

" So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible. "

" I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep. "

" I don't stay up and rent private jets and go on yachts and whoop it up in Miami. "

" The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand or so people at a time. This gives them the opportunity to perform to millions of people. "

" I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice. "

" The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. "

" I've gotten to hang out with Elmo, I'm the Fairy Shoeperson on 'Sesame Street'. So hopefully our kids will get to see and hear me as much as they're able. "

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" Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me. "

" When you call someone and ask them to do something they've never done before, in different mediums I think they would be inclined to pass because they're afraid of the risk. But the creative people who populate the theater world love the challenge of new things. "

" Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight. "

" Whenever I wasn't in school with a tutor three hours a day, I'd get a knock and be rushed to set and they'd be waiting and I'd film my thing and then I'd go back to school again. "

" I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform. "

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" I'm not the best cruise ship crooner. I'm not the best karaoke guy. "

" The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it. "

" It's like, the more you commit, the happier the animators are; if you're at all iffy and concerned, then it doesn't free them up to do as much fun stuff, so you have to just go for it and, again, trust the people around you and not be seemingly guarded and numb. Throw caution to the wind a bit. "