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Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Born: Mar 26, 1985
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I moved to New York on October 21, 2004, and it was the day that the Chelsea Grill, a restaurant in Hell's Kitchen on 9th Avenue between 46th and 47th Street, opened. I had never waited a table in my life, but I walked in and lied to the manager in a very J. Pierrepont Finch way. Jonathan Groff
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I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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'Spring Awakening' was a discovery for all involved. None of us will ever have that specific sense of revelation in the same way - that is probably the thing I miss the most. Jonathan Groff
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I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances. Jonathan Groff
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Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on. Jonathan Groff
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I've never had trouble sleeping in my life. Jonathan Groff
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I love going to the movies. Jonathan Groff
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There is really nothing like doing a play in New York. Jonathan Groff
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In the first year in New York, I went to this amazing teacher named Jen Waldman. She does lots of different classes, but one of her classes was where you went and worked on a song. And suddenly I felt like an artist again, and because I had worked the whole song, when I went into the audition room, I could connect to something in the 16 bars. Jonathan Groff
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There's not a lot of gay programming on TV. Jonathan Groff
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I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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I'm very selective about television because you sign away so much of your life to it. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting. Jonathan Groff
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I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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I don't hate dating people, but I'm not on social media or anything. Jonathan Groff
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I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun. Jonathan Groff
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While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so. Jonathan Groff
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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. Jonathan Groff
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