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" Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing. "

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" 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. "

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

" I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective. "

" 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! "

" I've always been weird. "

" 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. "

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" One thing about my dinner parties - they're never planned. I go to the grocery store, and I buy whatever is on sale. I get a lot of it, and I just send out a mass text: 'I just bought food. Dinner's at 8. Text me if you're coming.' "

" 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. "

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

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" Actors are a peculiar breed. "

" We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television. "

" 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. "

" 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'm obsessed with the 'Real Housewives ATL,' sorry about it. It's one of my favorite shows of all time. "

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

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "