Jonathan Groff Quotes
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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My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
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We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
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I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.
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The most important thing for me personally is that I can connect with other people through my music. I want my album to be like a trip that people can take with me. My music is like me stripped naked because I open myself up completely.
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I'm always late.
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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.
