Jonathan Groff

Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.

— Jonathan Groff

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

— Jonathan Groff

The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea.

— Jonathan Groff

I haven't had anyone say, 'No, we can't because he's gay.' In fact, it's been quite the opposite.

— Jonathan Groff

I feel like loyalty is such a rare quality in this world, particularly the entertainment world.

— Jonathan Groff

At the end of the day, the end of the movie is sort of ambiguous - it's whatever you want it to…

— Jonathan Groff

I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement…

— Jonathan Groff

'Spring Awakening' was a discovery for all involved. None of us will ever have that specific sense of revelation in the same…

— Jonathan Groff

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…

— Jonathan Groff

I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school,…

— Jonathan Groff

I think about 'Will & Grace,' and I think about 'Modern Family,' and the way that being gay has become sort of…

— Jonathan Groff

I would say 'Looking' and 'Spring Awakening' are the most important and personal projects I've ever been apart of.

— Jonathan Groff

I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers…

— Jonathan Groff

I left 'Spring Awakening,' and within a month of leaving the show, I came out to my parents and to my friends…

— Jonathan Groff

My grandfather used to say 'Eat the biggest crabs first, that way you're always eating the biggest crabs.' In making a TV…

— Jonathan Groff

In the first year in New York, I went to this amazing teacher named Jen Waldman. She does lots of different classes,…

— Jonathan Groff

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…

— Jonathan Groff

I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade.…

— Jonathan Groff

I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's…

— Jonathan Groff

I love acting in the theater,but I'm fascinated with acting on film. If it's a film or a play or whatever, if…

— Jonathan Groff

In a play, you can adjust your performance to audience reaction, but in a film, it's like you're trapped in a bad…

— Jonathan Groff

I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I…

— Jonathan Groff

After 'Spring Awakening,' I wanted to do things that are really challenging and outside my comfort zone: things that scare me a…

— Jonathan Groff

If I were to be back on Glee, I would like to spend some time with Lea Michele because I love her…

— Jonathan Groff

It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because…

— Jonathan Groff

While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most…

— Jonathan Groff

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

I was Mary Poppins for Halloween when I was 3, with lipstick and a carpetbag. And I was Dorothy in 'The Wizard…

— Jonathan Groff

Dating can be painful, can be great, can be confusing, can be weird, but I don't do it online because I'm not…

— Jonathan Groff

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…

— Jonathan Groff

I'm kind of whatever about nudity. Hopefully I wouldn't be a part of anything, whether I'm naked or not, that I didn't…

— Jonathan Groff

People create from different places. Some love to create from a tortured place, some from a joyful place. And when I feel…

— Jonathan Groff

As a kid growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, all I wanted to do was be on Broadway in a musical. 'Spring Awakening'…

— Jonathan Groff

When I was 20 years old, I got cast in 'Spring Awakening' and got swept up in this experience where it was…

— Jonathan Groff

Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who…

— Jonathan Groff

It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of…

— 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…

— Jonathan Groff