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

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" There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. "

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

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

" I loved traditional musical comedy. That was my passion. Then 'Spring Awakening' happened, and it took that rock n' roll and pop music to change gears for me. "

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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. "

" Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend. "

" 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 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'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 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. "

" I never look at myself online, and I don't read gossip Web sites. "

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" I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids. "