Jonathan Groff Quotes
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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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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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If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them.
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Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing.
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I got cast for 'Spring Awakening' when I was 20. Every dream I had came true in that moment.
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I was journaling in Florence, and I was like, 'Oh, I have to come out of the closet. I have to break up with this guy' - he was my 'roommate.' So that was my awakening moment, when I stepped into my own skin while in a foreign country by myself and had a very stereotypical moment of revelation.
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Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.
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I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade. Our school would take bus trips up to see shows, and so it was on one of their bus trips that I got to see 'Beauty and the Beast.'
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I guess I think of myself as an actor before I think of myself as a gay actor.
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I love going to the movies.
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Dating can be painful, can be great, can be confusing, can be weird, but I don't do it online because I'm not really an online person.
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Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing.
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I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything.
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I was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - in Amish Country!
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Trying to sound good at 10 A.M. is the worst.
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I was definitely planning to go to college, but I deferred my admission to Carnegie Mellon to be in a non-equity tour of 'The Sound of Music.' But I made very little money in the tour, and college is really expensive, and I thought I'd never be able to pay off those loans.
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When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.
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When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was kind of tunnel vision. We were working - it was nonstop.
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I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training.
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Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.
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When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told me about 'Backstage,' and so I got my school in Pennsylvania to subscribe. And there was an audition for a tour of 'The Sound of Music,' and I got the job. Deferred my admission to college just to go on tour.
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There is really nothing like doing a play in New York.
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If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it.
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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.