Jonathan Groff Quotes
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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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When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I was living with my 'roommate,' who was my boyfriend but was my roommate to everyone else.
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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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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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I beat 'Super Mario Bros 1,' '2,' and '3.'
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Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on.
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I'm a singer who moves well.
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People create from different places. Some love to create from a tortured place, some from a joyful place. And when I feel like I'm a 5-year-old kid in my backyard playing pretend, that's when I'm happiest.
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Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is.
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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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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 smile a lot in my real life.
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The word 'improv' always makes me feel a little anxious because I always feel like we'll have to pull props out of a bag and find 800 different ways to talk about a stick, the way you do in theater school.
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Personally, for me in my life, I think every journey should be an ongoing journey, for anyone.
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Before 'Mindhunter,' I was doing this show called 'Looking' on HBO.
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It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you.
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My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director.
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I went to a local high school in Lancaster. Not much I can say about it; it was pretty much your typical public high school back in Pennsylvania.
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I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.
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I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers perform on stage every night.
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I feel like, with a television show, you're always biting your nails hoping you're going to get that next season.
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Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy.
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I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times.
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Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful.