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" My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director. "
Jonathan Groff
First
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Right
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" I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in a complicated way. But for me they were successes because they forced me to act without singing, which I'd never done before. "
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" It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you. "
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" Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing. "
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" 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. "
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" When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting. "
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" I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment. "
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Cast
True
" There's not a lot of gay programming on TV. "
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Gay
TV
Programming
" Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master. "
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" I'm not on Twitter. I'm not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. "
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" I'm a singer who moves well. "
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Moves
Singer
Well
" Obviously, gay projects play a special role for me because I am gay, so I'm doubly proud of them. "
Jonathan Groff
Proud
I Am
Gay
" I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training. "
Jonathan Groff
Been
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Through
" Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. "
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" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Experience
World
Living
" 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. "
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You
New York
Amazing
" I think about 'Will & Grace,' and I think about 'Modern Family,' and the way that being gay has become sort of middle America... in the way that they show gay people in their specific way. "
Jonathan Groff
People
Family
America
" If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it. "
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Someone
Really
Me
" As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist. "
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Exist
Even
Actor
" 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. "
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You
Theatre
New
" I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade. Our school would take bus trips up to see shows, and so it was on one of their bus trips that I got to see 'Beauty and the Beast.' "
Jonathan Groff
Beast
Bus
See
" Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about. "
Jonathan Groff
Gift
Some People
People
" I was playing this character, Melchior Gabor, who was a rebel and who was a person who didn't let the world define him, and who stood up to authority and was this kind of revolutionary... And when I left 'Spring Awakening,' I came out of that experience feeling like... I had cultivated this side of my personality that hadn't existed before. "
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Experience
Kind
" Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is. "
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Environment
Know
" I beat 'Super Mario Bros 1,' '2,' and '3.' "
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Super
Beat
Bros
" I'm very selective about television because you sign away so much of your life to it. "
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Away
You
Television
" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Watching
Awards
Bring
" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Me
High School
High
" 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. "
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Park
City
Home
" I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers perform on stage every night. "
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Better
Experience