I guess I think of myself as an actor before I think of myself as a gay actor. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
It's one thing to experience your Broadway debut alone, but to share it with an entire company was like summer camp or… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I'd always done musicals, and so living in the world of straight plays and working with off-Broadway actors and living in that… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Don't let the world define you. In the world of acting, and I think in any profession, really, people are really eager… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, all I wanted to do was be on Broadway in a musical. 'Spring Awakening'… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade.… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was kind of… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
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… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
I loved 'Weekend,' and it meant a lot to me when I saw it in the movie theater. I think 'Looking' feels more like… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of. — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
Dating can be painful, can be great, can be confusing, can be weird, but I don't do it online because I'm not really an… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
I loved traditional musical comedy. That was my passion. Then 'Spring Awakening' happened, and it took that rock n' roll and pop music to… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's a dangerous… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I was living… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
I was definitely planning to go to college, but I deferred my admission to Carnegie Mellon to be in a non-equity tour of 'The… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share
