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" The hardest I've ever laughed was with Lea Michele. "
Jonathan Groff
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" 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. "
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" A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life. "
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" There's something special about 'Looking.' "
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" I moved to New York on October 21, 2004, and it was the day that the Chelsea Grill, a restaurant in Hell's Kitchen on 9th Avenue between 46th and 47th Street, opened. I had never waited a table in my life, but I walked in and lied to the manager in a very J. Pierrepont Finch way. "
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" There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. "
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" Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. "
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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. "
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" If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them. "
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" 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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" The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea. "
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" 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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" 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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" Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend. "
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" When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I was living with my 'roommate,' who was my boyfriend but was my roommate to everyone else. "
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" I'm a singer who moves well. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I did have AOL Instant Messenger when I was in middle school. "
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" I was obsessed with Nintendo. "
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" If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it. "
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" I haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite. "
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