Jonathan Groff Quotes
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I haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite.
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I did have AOL Instant Messenger when I was in middle school.
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I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in a complicated way. But for me they were successes because they forced me to act without singing, which I'd never done before.
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Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you.
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There is really nothing like doing a play in New York.
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While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so.
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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.
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In the first year in New York, I went to this amazing teacher named Jen Waldman. She does lots of different classes, but one of her classes was where you went and worked on a song. And suddenly I felt like an artist again, and because I had worked the whole song, when I went into the audition room, I could connect to something in the 16 bars.
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I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again.
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A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second.
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I'd always done musicals, and so living in the world of straight plays and working with off-Broadway actors and living in that community was a completely life-changing experience.
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I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun.
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I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life.
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As a kid growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, all I wanted to do was be on Broadway in a musical. 'Spring Awakening' kind of answered all of my questions and fulfilled all of my dreams - beyond my wildest dreams.
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I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's a dangerous expectation to come in watching the show expecting that. Expecting that out of any show.
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When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it.
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With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.
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There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.
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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.
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For Halloween, I've gone trick-or-treating as Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and Robin Hood.
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I wish that I could take credit for the success of 'Frozen' and 'Hamilton.' But I just feel lucky to be in 'em.
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Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful.
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I think about 'Will & Grace,' and I think about 'Modern Family,' and the way that being gay has become sort of middle America... in the way that they show gay people in their specific way.
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I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.