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" 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. "
Tituss Burgess
Go
Film
Fans
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" 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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" The older I get, the easier it is to be all of me. "
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" 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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" I am one of the lucky ones, to work with comic giants. "
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" I came from the Sticks, literally. I grew up in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, just outside Athens, Georgia. "
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" My microphone went out in the 2009 Tony Awards. It was my big moment, and I was so excited to perform and lead the cast; I sang 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat.' Every actor dreams of standing front and center on the Tony Awards, and I start to sing, and you hear this crackling. I had no idea what to do - were they going to stop a live telecast? "
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" 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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Me
Music
" Why invite you to dinner if I can't cook? "
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" Carol Kane is just as warm as you would think she is, and she is so smart and really a living legend and has so much to offer. "
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" 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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Thought
Say
" I never had any trouble being myself. Myself was a problem for a lot of people, but I didn't have a problem. "
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Being Myself
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" Actors are a peculiar breed. "
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Breed
" I can call up a friend and have them meet me for a drink in 20 minutes, and suddenly, the night unfolds into this glorious, uniquely New York situation. I wouldn't give it up for the world. "
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Night
" 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
Comfortable
Laundry
" 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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Win
America
" Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone. "
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Day
Dislike
" I've always been weird. "
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Weird
Always
Been
" 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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Work
Live
Happiness
" 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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Journal
" I have always thought to do my best work. "
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Best
" I don't want to sound pretentious or meta or anything, but I don't write until it comes to me... People know when something is inspired and when something is not, and I don't want to waste anyone's time. "
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Me
People
" I'm very much an introvert. "
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Introvert
Very
" I fell asleep during 'The Dark Knight Rises.' I fell asleep during 'The Hunger Games,' all of them. I cannot stay awake. As soon as a movie starts, I'm asleep! "
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Games
Dark
Hunger
" I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds. "
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Clouds
Closer
Earth
" I hate L.A. Can't be bothered. "
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Hate
Bothered
" One thing I refuse to do is force it. So I've canceled many auditions because nothing has come up, and I don't want to waste anybody's time. God forbid they outright give it to me and I don't connect with it. "
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Want
Nothing
" I was on 'Blue Bloods.' Which I think got cut. "
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" One thing about my dinner parties - they're never planned. I go to the grocery store, and I buy whatever is on sale. I get a lot of it, and I just send out a mass text: 'I just bought food. Dinner's at 8. Text me if you're coming.' "
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" The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue. "
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