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" The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it got me my Equity card, too. I waited 12 hours to be seen for it, though! "

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" 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. "

Jonathan Groff

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" If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it. "

Jonathan Groff

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - in Amish Country! "

" 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. "

" I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's a dangerous expectation to come in watching the show expecting that. Expecting that out of any show. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything. "

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

" When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was kind of tunnel vision. We were working - it was nonstop. "

" 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. "

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

" I was journaling in Florence, and I was like, 'Oh, I have to come out of the closet. I have to break up with this guy' - he was my 'roommate.' So that was my awakening moment, when I stepped into my own skin while in a foreign country by myself and had a very stereotypical moment of revelation. "

" Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful. "

" We didn't have a glee club at my school. It depends on what area of the States you're from. It's more in the Midwest. "

Jonathan Groff

Club

You

" 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. "

" I can say that I've become a David Fincher disciple. I have been completely turned. "

" I smile a lot in my real life. "

" I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment. "

" When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it. "

" Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing. "

Jonathan Groff

King

Stillness

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

" Obviously, gay projects play a special role for me because I am gay, so I'm doubly proud of them. "

" 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 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

Weekend