Jonathan Groff Quotes

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Jonathan Groff

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 26, 1985

The difference between being in the closet and out of the closet as a gay man is such a huge shift. I feel so connected still to that 22-year-old, but the idea that I was not open with that part of my life - which I am now so open about - is sort of surreal.

Jonathan Groff

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

I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.

Jonathan Groff

'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

I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.

Jonathan Groff

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

Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on.

Jonathan Groff

For Halloween, I've gone trick-or-treating as Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and Robin Hood.

Jonathan Groff

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

I've never had trouble sleeping in my life.

Jonathan Groff

I love going to the movies.

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Trying to sound good at 10 A.M. is the worst.

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There is really nothing like doing a play in New York.

Jonathan Groff

I'm a singer who moves well.

Jonathan Groff

It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you.

Jonathan Groff

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

There's not a lot of gay programming on TV.

Jonathan Groff

I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times.

Jonathan Groff

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.

Jonathan Groff

I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life.

Jonathan Groff