Jonathan Groff Quotes
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When you get to really involve yourself with a piece and the other people, and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think.
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With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.
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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 taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.
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I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.
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I never look at myself online, and I don't read gossip Web sites.
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After 'Spring Awakening,' I wanted to do things that are really challenging and outside my comfort zone: things that scare me a little and make me grow.
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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 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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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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I've never had trouble sleeping in my life.
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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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I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.
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Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master.
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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 was Mary Poppins for Halloween when I was 3, with lipstick and a carpetbag. And I was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in a production in my dad's barn.
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I was obsessed with Nintendo.
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I'm a singer who moves well.
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I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids.
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For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.
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I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life.
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I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of.
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We didn't have a glee club at my school. It depends on what area of the States you're from. It's more in the Midwest.
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Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on.