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" I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective. "
Tituss Burgess
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" I have always thought to do my best work. "
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Always
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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. "
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Community
Light
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Me
" I don't go out much. I have people over, and I cook dinner, or we play the piano, or we watch TV. "
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" The older I get, the easier it is to be all of me. "
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" I will work for Tina Fey forever. "
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" 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. "
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Name
Bible
Know
" The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to. "
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People
Comfort
Feel
" When I got to New York, all I wanted to do - or so I thought - was win a Tony award or, at least, be nominated. "
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New York
Win
Thought
" 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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Think
Win
America
" 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. "
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New
Writing
Wife
" When I cook at home, most of the people I cook for want to be in the kitchen while I'm cooking. I love nothing more than someone monitoring how much salt I put into something, how much pepper I add - but nothing that you can offer is going to sway how I decide to deliver information to you; you'll either receive it or you won't. "
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Home
Kitchen
Love
" I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's. "
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Singing
Communication
Cooking
" I'm not one of those people to outgrow my initial blessings. "
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Outgrow
Blessings
Those
" Miserable people tend to act out. "
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Out
People
Tend
" It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. "
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Life
My Life
Me
" I tell you, my naps are epic. They win awards. "
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Epic
Naps
You
" 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. "
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Go
Film
Fans
" I don't want to sound pretentious or meta or anything, but I don't write until it comes to me... People know when something is inspired and when something is not, and I don't want to waste anyone's time. "
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Know
Me
People
" I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. "
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Up
Outside
Athens
" 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. "
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Want
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" To somehow shrink so that you might be more comfortable is a foreign language to me. It's a trait that I've never had. And that I hope I never, ever have. "
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You
Hope
" I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning. "
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Chicken
Fried
Secret
" 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. "
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Time
Not Knowing
People
" 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. "
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Now
Dreams
Circle
" I can call up a friend and have them meet me for a drink in 20 minutes, and suddenly, the night unfolds into this glorious, uniquely New York situation. I wouldn't give it up for the world. "
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Me
New York
Night
" 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. "
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Sit
Write
Journal
" Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat. "
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Days
Fans
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