Jonathan Groff Quotes
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Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.'
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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 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.
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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 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 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've never had trouble sleeping in my life.
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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 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'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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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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Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master.
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I was obsessed with Nintendo.
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I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.
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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'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life.
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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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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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Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.'
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I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of.