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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up when one of America's greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see 'Angels,' which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took 'Grease' to play my trump card, my voice, and get attention that would lead to auditions for serious work like 'Angels in America.' But I backed myself into a corner with 'Grease,' and it took me 17 years to get out.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't be caught dead in red.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My truth is I am gay and out, and if I can't do that in my music, then I don't need it. Fortunately, I do feel like there is a movement against homophobia, and I hope to be part of that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to be a minister. So I was going down that path, and then I saw the Tonys.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't see me in traditional roles; I'm not getting cast in the revival of 'Company' as Bobby.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I really feel like if there's not a real, true connection to the material, I don't need to sing it. I don't need to sing songs just because I like them anymore. I've done that.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad things and bad behavior to exist on the planet. Artists have a way of touching people and changing minds in a way that sometimes other mediums don't.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many movie stars or American Idol contestants sort of fall into theater... and say, 'Oh, yeah, I would love to do theater.' And then they get here and say, 'Oh, wait a minute, this actually is a craft!' It's not just show up one day and do it. It's show up eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and twice on Saturdays.
- Gauge
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- Nov 07, 2020