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" 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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" People have to work to maintain happiness. It's easy to be miserable. It's easy to stay miserable. It's easy to live in a place where nothing's working and not being able to work your way out of it. It's much harder to choose happiness, to choose laughter, to choose a positive. "

" I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day! "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work. "

" 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. "

" 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've always given attention to detail. I've always given my heart and soul into a lyric, into a line. "

" I've always been weird. "

" This is a fickle industry. Here today, gone tomorrow. I don't want to spend all the time reflecting. I want to spend it doing. "

" The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to. "

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

" I had this one audition - I won't say the casting director's name, but she was on the phone the whole time I sang. I was literally doing my audition, and she was on the phone. So I guess whatever it is she was ordering for lunch was more important than the high C's I was belting out. "

" 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. "

" I don't enjoy attention as much as people may think I do. "

" I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning. "

" 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. "

" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Carol Kane is just as warm as you would think she is, and she is so smart and really a living legend and has so much to offer. "

" 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. "

" 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 don't go out much. I have people over, and I cook dinner, or we play the piano, or we watch TV. "

" I'm very much an introvert. "

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

" I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. "

" 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. "

" I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear. "