I was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - in Amish Country! Jonathan Groff More Quotes by Jonathan Groff More Quotes From Jonathan Groff Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy. Jonathan Groff who-you-know heart joy Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you. Jonathan Groff courses joy thinking Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful. Jonathan Groff stressful auditions musical At the end of the day, the end of the movie is sort of ambiguous - it's whatever you want it to be. Jonathan Groff the-end-of-the-day ends want My grandfather used to say 'Eat the biggest crabs first, that way you're always eating the biggest crabs.' In making a TV show, that means if you have a big funny or smart idea for an episode or a scene or a joke, go for it. Don't save it for another season or another episode, because you may not have the right time again. It's good advice for television, but truly stellar advice for eating crabs. Jonathan Groff tv-shows smart mean When you get to really involve yourself with a piece [script] and the other people and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. And there's an exhaustion that happens on a film set - an exhaustion that translates into a relaxation and helps me to live in the moment, in the performance I'm giving and what's happening around me. Jonathan Groff giving people thinking My mother's side of the family is Methodist, which is how I was raised. It was conservative in that I had strong values - sitting down and eating with the family every day, listening to authority and going to church every week and having perfect attendance at Sunday school. Jonathan Groff strong mother school But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be. Jonathan Groff mom basketball brother I definitely prefer the single camera better. For me it's the simple fact that I enjoy working in front of an audience, but when you're trying to create a suspension of disbelief it's much harder to do in front of audience because they become a partner. Moreso than that, they become in charge of the timing. From the simple, mechanical fact that you have to hold for their laughter. The actual timing of the scene is in the hands of the audience. As a control freak, I don't enjoy that as much as the ability to be able to control it in an edit room. Jonathan Groff laughter simple hands 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 the writing is good and you really feel passionate about it, you just can't lose. You'll grow from it. Whether it's a success or not is neither here nor there; you're going to grow as an artist from this experience. Jonathan Groff artist play writing 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 believe in. But I'm pretty comfortable being naked. Jonathan Groff naked kind believe I sort of have the belief that you work being your character out while you're working on it, or that's been my experience so far. I throw myself into it 100% and try to live in that world, and then when it's over, just sort of be able to leave it behind. Jonathan Groff trying character world In a play, you can adjust your performance to audience reaction, but in a film it's like you're trapped in a bad dream watching yourself act and you're in the audience Jonathan Groff film dream play In theater, you're in charge of your performance, and at the end of the day you're the one who gets credit because you're in front of the audience doing it, and in film and TV it's the director who gets to decide when to cut to you on a line, which take he uses. Jonathan Groff the-end-of-the-day cutting directors If I were to be back on Glee, I would like to spend some time with Lea Michele because I love her and we go way back. Jonathan Groff glee ifs way 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 the Midwest. Jonathan Groff midwest glee school I went to a local high school in Lancaster. Not much I can say about it; it was pretty much your typical public high school back in Pennsylvania. Jonathan Groff pennsylvania typical school I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd. Jonathan Groff being myself being-myself love There's something special about 'Looking.' Jonathan Groff looking about something special I feel like loyalty is such a rare quality in this world, particularly the entertainment world. Jonathan Groff feel quality loyalty world
