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to say it's a dream come true doesn't do it justice, because I've never dreamed this big. The film and play stand side by side -- you get the advantage of more intimacy in the film's close-ups, and the advantage of live rock onstage.
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Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.
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Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.
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There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.
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I think the most important cause for me is to try to represent honesty. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but it's about trying to be true to who you are.
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I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
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Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature.
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Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.
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When we did shoot in the East Village, they had to spread around a lot of trash and put transparencies of graffiti up in front of the walls.
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The number of people who said that it made a difference to them that I'm out is the reason that I'm out. There are people who devote their lives to taking away the rights of gays and lesbians, and I think that visibility is very important. I'm trying to encourage more people to come out, and show everyone who they are, because it's harder to take away the rights of a human being. And this is a miracle state, because we can get married. And I think that these people working to take away our rights are going to lose, because of this generation.
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Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.
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I think it tells the truth and it cuts to the heart of so many profound aspects of human experience unlike many musicals, which cover more frivolous topics.
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In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.
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Labels are for cans, not people.