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

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" 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 love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd. "

" After 'Spring Awakening,' I wanted to do things that are really challenging and outside my comfort zone: things that scare me a little and make me grow. "

" I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going. "

" A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second. "

" 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. "

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

" It's one thing to experience your Broadway debut alone, but to share it with an entire company was like summer camp or a college experience, where you were really growing up together. "

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

" I'd always done musicals, and so living in the world of straight plays and working with off-Broadway actors and living in that community was a completely life-changing experience. "

" In a play, you can adjust your performance to audience reaction, but in a film, it's like you're trapped in a bad dream watching yourself act, and you're in the audience. "

" I wish that I could take credit for the success of 'Frozen' and 'Hamilton.' But I just feel lucky to be in 'em. "

" Personally, for me in my life, I think every journey should be an ongoing journey, for anyone. "

" 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. "

" I've never met Lena Dunham, but I'm such a huge fan - I think she's a crazy genius. "

" I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts. "

" I'm not on Twitter. I'm not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. "

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

" Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on. "

" For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour. "

" While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so. "

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

" I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life. "

" Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you. "

" 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. "

" I went to a local high school in Lancaster. Not much I can say about it; it was pretty much your typical public high school back in Pennsylvania. "

" Dating can be painful, can be great, can be confusing, can be weird, but I don't do it online because I'm not really an online person. "

" The word 'improv' always makes me feel a little anxious because I always feel like we'll have to pull props out of a bag and find 800 different ways to talk about a stick, the way you do in theater school. "

" I guess I think of myself as an actor before I think of myself as a gay actor. "

" For Halloween, I've gone trick-or-treating as Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and Robin Hood. "