Tituss Burgess

On stage, everyone stays put; the vantage point is always the vantage point, and you have to play to the size of the house. And of course, on film, there's different angles, different shots, so that determines how animated or how still you must be.

I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's.

I never had any trouble being myself. Myself was a problem for a lot of people, but I didn't have a problem.

I am well aware of my good fortune, and I only hope to diversify so I can do what I'm already doing for more people as opposed to being so large and so great that I no longer want to do the thing that got me here.

I'm a walking contradiction on so many levels. I'm gay, black, and a Christian.

Outside stimulation makes me nervous!

Actors are a peculiar breed.

I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear.

The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to.

I do not like attention. Oddly enough, I do everything I can to avoid it.

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in.

Personally, I'm very private, so when my door is closed, it means I'm unavailable, and when it's open, it doesn't mean you can come in.