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" Personally, for me in my life, I think every journey should be an ongoing journey, for anyone. "
Jonathan Groff
My Life
Journey
Life
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" I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd. "
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Myself
Love
" I just don't know artistically - because I don't write my own music - I don't know artistically what an album would mean for me. I don't know what I would want to say with an album that would be unique to me - something that hasn't been done before. I'm just not sure what that is. But I'm absolutely open to it. "
Jonathan Groff
Me
Say
Unique
" If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them. "
Jonathan Groff
Along
Way
Roadblocks
" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Looking
Me
Weekend
" I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts. "
Jonathan Groff
Love
I Love
Doing
" I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life. "
Jonathan Groff
Believe
My Life
Life
" I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale. "
Jonathan Groff
High School
Childhood
Time
" I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times. "
Jonathan Groff
Seen
Wanted
Work
" I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment. "
Jonathan Groff
Moment
Cast
True
" As a kid growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, all I wanted to do was be on Broadway in a musical. 'Spring Awakening' kind of answered all of my questions and fulfilled all of my dreams - beyond my wildest dreams. "
Jonathan Groff
Growing Up
Questions
Spring
" I love going to the movies. "
Jonathan Groff
I Love
Going
Movies
" I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything. "
Jonathan Groff
Hate
Social Media
Dating
" Trying to sound good at 10 A.M. is the worst. "
Jonathan Groff
Sound
Good
Trying
" 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
" It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of thought and behavior. "
Jonathan Groff
Behavior
Task
Thought
" I was obsessed with Nintendo. "
Jonathan Groff
Nintendo
Obsessed
" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Character
Experience
Kind
" 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. "
Jonathan Groff
Spring
Me
Grow
" There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. "
Jonathan Groff
Kind
Yourself
Because
" People create from different places. Some love to create from a tortured place, some from a joyful place. And when I feel like I'm a 5-year-old kid in my backyard playing pretend, that's when I'm happiest. "
Jonathan Groff
People
Create
Kid
" Before 'Mindhunter,' I was doing this show called 'Looking' on HBO. "
Jonathan Groff
Show
Doing
HBO
" When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting. "
Jonathan Groff
You
Focus
Really
" I can say that I've become a David Fincher disciple. I have been completely turned. "
Jonathan Groff
Been
David
Say
" There is really nothing like doing a play in New York. "
Jonathan Groff
Play
Nothing
New York
" When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told me about 'Backstage,' and so I got my school in Pennsylvania to subscribe. And there was an audition for a tour of 'The Sound of Music,' and I got the job. Deferred my admission to college just to go on tour. "
Jonathan Groff
College
Music
New York
" I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of. "
Jonathan Groff
Most
Say
Important
" The difference between being in the closet and out of the closet as a gay man is such a huge shift. I feel so connected still to that 22-year-old, but the idea that I was not open with that part of my life - which I am now so open about - is sort of surreal. "
Jonathan Groff
Feel
My Life
Man
" 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 haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite. "
Jonathan Groff
Gay
Fact
Been
" I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life. "
Jonathan Groff
Hiding
Personal
Life