"I think the blessing of it is that I do have a character to portray. So I can throw myself 100% into that character and forget about all this other stuff."
"I do tend to be more private in my grief than other people. So perhaps through the music I can connect in ways that I cannot connect as a person."
"As Burt and I warned each other, it's not a jukebox show. It's not get slightly drunk and sing along. Although you're welcome to, you know, if you do it quietly."
"I have no plans to slow down in any way, shape or form. I will say botox helps. I'm not going to deny it. I embrace it."
"One of my favorite parts about that opening is that it's the beginning of a creative idea in which he starts and stops and then crosses something out right away."
"I don't know that I've ever had the privilege and opportunity of playing a character who is not only so innately good, but is on a deep and rigorous journey to find and to be the best version of him possible."
"So I hope this piece doesn't give permission, but acceptance, to people. Hopefully see themselves and feel seen."
"I knew that my future was probably in the theater and I had to pack up and go back to Broadway. That was a great decision I made, thank God."
"There's always an idea of streaming against the mainstream. From there you find your own identity, you find your own truth, your find your own individuality. That's always something that consciously or unconsciously was something that was always a part of my makeup. "
"That's really why he is the, quote unquote bad guy, simply because he's the outsider in this community."