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Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Born: Mar 26, 1985
Gay Life Me School Spring You
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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. Jonathan Groff
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I feel like loyalty is such a rare quality in this world, particularly the entertainment world. Jonathan Groff
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Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager to put you in a box and categorize you as one particular thing. Jonathan Groff
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It's one thing to experience your Broadway debut alone, but to share it with an entire company was like summer camp or a college experience, where you were really growing up together. Jonathan Groff
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When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was kind of tunnel vision. We were working - it was nonstop. Jonathan Groff
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Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you. Jonathan Groff
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When you get to really involve yourself with a piece and the other people, and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. Jonathan Groff
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I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life. Jonathan Groff
Life My Life Believe Changed Backstage
Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. Jonathan Groff
You Musical Worst Sing Because Always Auditions Act Stressful
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. Jonathan Groff
You School Club States More Area Glee Depends Midwest
I was obsessed with Nintendo. Jonathan Groff
Nintendo Obsessed
I beat 'Super Mario Bros 1,' '2,' and '3.' Jonathan Groff
Mario Bros Super Beat
Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend. Jonathan Groff
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If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them. Jonathan Groff
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I haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite. Jonathan Groff
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When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal. Jonathan Groff
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My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director. Jonathan Groff
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I'd always done musicals, and so living in the world of straight plays and working with off-Broadway actors and living in that community was a completely life-changing experience. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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I've never met Lena Dunham, but I'm such a huge fan - I think she's a crazy genius. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful. Jonathan Groff
Me Slightly Out Relief Also Coming Painful
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. Jonathan Groff
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There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself. Jonathan Groff
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I did have AOL Instant Messenger when I was in middle school. Jonathan Groff
School Instant Messenger Did Middle Middle School
I was playing this character, Melchior Gabor, who was a rebel and who was a person who didn't let the world define him, and who stood up to authority and was this kind of revolutionary... And when I left 'Spring Awakening,' I came out of that experience feeling like... I had cultivated this side of my personality that hadn't existed before. Jonathan Groff
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