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" When it's your turn, it's your turn. That's just the way it is. "
Tituss Burgess
Just
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Your
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" Taking care of children was not something I was good at. "
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" I get to do some unbelievably layered things. The material that I'm given is so complex, and I'm so grateful for it, so I welcome any opportunities to push boundaries. "
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" Outside of the oppressive nature that the South offered to the black people, black gay people, black gay people who happened to be Christian, who wouldn't want to leave? I couldn't wait to get out of there. "
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Black
" We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television. "
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" I think Donald Trump has put America in great danger, and I think he's done a disservice to us even if he doesn't win. I think his effect is going to be kind of lasting. "
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" I am one of the lucky ones, to work with comic giants. "
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" I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older. "
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" I'm a person who does not like to journal; I don't like to sit down and write... I don't even like sending emails. "
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" I've always been weird. "
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Always
Been
" I enjoy my alone time, but I'm an open book. "
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" There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man. "
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Great
Against
" I'm a walking contradiction on so many levels. I'm gay, black, and a Christian. "
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Walking
Many
" You put it out there, you go film it, you go write it, you go record it... but the fans are the ones who decide it. "
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Go
Film
Fans
" Actors are a peculiar breed. "
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Breed
" I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's. "
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Communication
Cooking
" I am well aware of my good fortune, and I only hope to diversify so I can do what I'm already doing for more people as opposed to being so large and so great that I no longer want to do the thing that got me here. "
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Me
I Am
" The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in. "
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Me
" I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear. "
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Think
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" I collect musical theatre anthologies. I have a whole library of them. "
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Theatre
Library
Them
" I'm very much an introvert. "
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Much
Introvert
Very
" It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work. "
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Life
My Life
Me
" I worked at Ruby Foos early on as a host. I was only there for a little bit, but I had several odd jobs to pay the bills before that. And being in New York for the first year, I got here in 2003, and it was a very exciting but very scary time not knowing how you would make ends meet and me trying to meet people. "
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Time
Not Knowing
People
" Here's what I'm going to say about that: my personal thought about the brilliance of 'Peeno Noir' as proven by the fans' appreciation is that, when watched back, what makes it so exciting is the random locations and the random costume changes and the multiple shots that we've done all over the city. "
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" Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song. "
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New
Hunger
" People have to work to maintain happiness. It's easy to be miserable. It's easy to stay miserable. It's easy to live in a place where nothing's working and not being able to work your way out of it. It's much harder to choose happiness, to choose laughter, to choose a positive. "
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" The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue. "
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Because
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" I hate L.A. Can't be bothered. "
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Hate
Bothered
" I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well. "
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Resting
Well
You
" If I stayed in Florida, I would have a house and a dog and a partner. And, honestly, I was so bored. "
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Bored
Dog
Florida
" So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light. "
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Community
Light
Positive