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“I want to keep changing the world. It's possible. The black gay lead is ready. It's time.”

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I'm in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It's empowering.

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I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show.…

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For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe…

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Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do:…

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People don't see me in traditional roles; I'm not getting cast in the revival of 'Company' as Bobby.

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You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing,…

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