Jonathan Groff Quotes
I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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I don't know for Justin; he's always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I don't think he's as trapped into the drug thing as a lot of the others are.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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I work hard, and managing an inventory-based business can be extremely stressful. The upside is that, as long as I get my job done, I can take time off pretty much any time I want.
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Wrestlers give their bodies to their work. I don't know if I like the word 'crazy' here. What I would say is there are people who have a different relationship to their bodies than most people.
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I say from my experience that, you know, I have to do my career, and, you know with us, our careers come first, and, you know, anybody we're with has to take a back seat to that and understand that these are our lives.
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I've made a variety of trades in my career, but that was obviously one of the best.
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In a forbearance, the homeowner pays interest and principal on a smaller mortgage, at least for a time, but still owes the full amount. The lower monthly payment helps with affordability, giving stressed homeowners a break.
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I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.
