Jonathan Groff Quotes
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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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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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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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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 just don't know artistically - because I don't write my own music - I don't know artistically what an album would mean for me. I don't know what I would want to say with an album that would be unique to me - something that hasn't been done before. I'm just not sure what that is. But I'm absolutely open to it.
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I beat 'Super Mario Bros 1,' '2,' and '3.'
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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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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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Personally, for me in my life, I think every journey should be an ongoing journey, for anyone.
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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 remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.
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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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Before 'Mindhunter,' I was doing this show called 'Looking' on HBO.
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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 wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times.
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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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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've never met Lena Dunham, but I'm such a huge fan - I think she's a crazy genius.
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It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you.
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I loved traditional musical comedy. That was my passion. Then 'Spring Awakening' happened, and it took that rock n' roll and pop music to change gears for me.
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It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of thought and behavior.
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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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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.