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" One of my favorite pieces of fan mail was a gift that I got. It was a jar filled with handwritten nice thoughts. "

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" I would say that SpongeBob, at his core, is this optimistic, loving best friend. Getting to play him every day has sort of rubbed off on me and improved my life. "

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" SpongeBob has these qualities that I aspire to. Sure, he's a little naive, maybe, but he's so optimistic and is able to put his love of his friends and family above everything else. "

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" There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community. "

" The magnitude of being able to make my Broadway debut as SpongeBob in 'SpongeBob SquarePants' really only started to hit me when we took it out of town. "

" To be honest, it was a little bit of a surprise to me that my Broadway debut was a musical. "

" I've always loved the Marx brothers and Charlie Chaplin. "

" I think I'm a little less naive than SpongeBob can sometimes seem to be. "

" I know that my father was a little nervous about me pursuing a career in the arts. "

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" I would say I'm the normal level of 'SpongeBob' fan, which is that it's been out since I was a kid, and it's part of the zeitgeist. "

" I start with a pretty yoga-based warm-up. I do jumping jacks and burpees, and I do a lot of dynamic stretching. "

" I've gotten to meet Sara Bareilles a couple of times. I'm just a such a massive fan of hers, from her albums to 'Waitress' to everything that she does. To be a fan of somebody and then find out that they have a good heart and are kind is really heartwarming. "

" I was a wrestler in high school, and that was a pretty big part of my life. "

" When the show starts, I am in my SpongeBob stance, and I walk like SpongeBob, and the first step that I take, I am SpongeBob. "

" Physical comedy and musical theatre were never actually in my main focus at school. I was more of a dramatic actor. I always thought I was better at that. "