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" We have the ability to change people's minds and hearts - that's what we want to do with theatre. That's what theatre does... period. "

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" Some scenes are just more people's thing than others, and I know that my Gay New York is truly whatever I make of it. If I want her loud and lively, she's there. If I want sunsets and starlight, Battery Park, here I come. "

" I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. "

" I am a showoff, the third of three kids. "

" I have two older sisters who were phenomenal sportsmen. "

" I don't like to hold too much formality in concerts. It's not that I don't like seeing people who are really polished and put together. But I'm more excited by things that are a little bit breaking apart as you're watching them. "

" When I did 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' it was almost every 'first' I could have imagined: I dreamt someday being on Broadway, and then dreamt someday playing a lead on Broadway, and then dreamt someday of getting to originate a role, and then getting a Tony nomination. It all happened at once. I was just terrified. "

" I feel that the arts have an impact in a way that just makes the world more beautiful. "

" It's really hard to go into a creative process and not think, 'I might or might not get nominated for a Tony.' "

" I'm tired of all the angry stuff out there. "

" When people smile in your direction when you do something, you tend to continue to do it. "

" I guess I originally got the bug for performing when I was in choirs and school stuff and all that. I don't know when. I guess I decided to do it because a lot of people said I was good, and I liked the attention. "

" I want to be respected by my peers and do really great work, even if it gets panned, even if I get raked across the coals. "

" The tech rehearsal for Brits is so different. They have little glasses of wine and walk around saying, 'Lovely, darling, lovely.' "

" I was in 'Hair,' which didn't work in London, but it was a show we all believed in. "

" Watching President Obama, for the first time in my life, one of us was running for president. He seemed like one of us - and I got behind him, and I got excited about his message and what he continues to say he's going to do. The day he was elected president, Prop 8 happened. It was this bizarre dichotomy - world history - good and bad. "

" I was really proud to be in that show. I will never forget. I got the script to 'Millie,' and I'm flipping through the script and saying, 'Boy, I have some lines... I have a big song.' I was 25 years old and had never been on Broadway before. I got to the end of the script, and I was really nervous and excited. I realized I had a lot to do. "

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" There's something about a live theater performance: You can't fake it. "

" My mom and dad have always, always, and continue to be the most incredible citizens of the world and most generous in quiet ways, that I strive to do even a fraction of what they do. "

" I have never really referred to my voice as 'gay.' "

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" I'm pretty independent. "

" I want to know that I'm proud of what I'm doing. "

" The most real thing of all, the only thing any of us wants, is to matter to somebody. To feel and share love, even on a friendship level or as deep as a romantic one. Who doesn't want that? "

" I'm not much for formality. "