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" Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy. "

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" Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing. "

" Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master. "

" It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original. "

" I feel like, with a television show, you're always biting your nails hoping you're going to get that next season. "

" When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it. "

" As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist. "

" I am such a huge fan of both of those shows - I've seen every episode of 'Sex in the City' and every episode of 'Girls' at least once, some multiple times. "

" With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy. "

" Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.' "

" I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again. "

" Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. "

" In the first year in New York, I went to this amazing teacher named Jen Waldman. She does lots of different classes, but one of her classes was where you went and worked on a song. And suddenly I felt like an artist again, and because I had worked the whole song, when I went into the audition room, I could connect to something in the 16 bars. "

" I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's a dangerous expectation to come in watching the show expecting that. Expecting that out of any show. "

" I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times. "

" I can say that I've become a David Fincher disciple. I have been completely turned. "

" There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. "

" I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade. "

" I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything. "

" There is really nothing like doing a play in New York. "

" I did have AOL Instant Messenger when I was in middle school. "

" I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life. "

" I loved 'Weekend,' and it meant a lot to me when I saw it in the movie theater. I think 'Looking' feels more like that movie than any of those other shows, with a little more comedy thrown in than 'Weekend.' But it's certainly got the vibe and look and feeling of that movie. "

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" I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment. "

" I was journaling in Florence, and I was like, 'Oh, I have to come out of the closet. I have to break up with this guy' - he was my 'roommate.' So that was my awakening moment, when I stepped into my own skin while in a foreign country by myself and had a very stereotypical moment of revelation. "

" I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids. "

" When you get to really involve yourself with a piece and the other people, and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. "

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" I've never had trouble sleeping in my life. "

" I was obsessed with Nintendo. "

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" Obviously, gay projects play a special role for me because I am gay, so I'm doubly proud of them. "