Tituss Burgess

For me, having walked through Times Square so many times as a broke and starving artist, as a TV star, and now having other hopes and dreams, it just represents possibility and the moment of full circle.

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well.

People have to work to maintain happiness. It's easy to be miserable. It's easy to stay miserable. It's easy to live in a place where nothing's working and not being able to work your way out of it. It's much harder to choose happiness, to choose laughter, to choose a positive.

Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat.

It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work.

So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light.

I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself.

My mom is quite religious, and she got the name Tituss from the Bible. It's one of the smallest books in the Bible. I don't know why she added an 's,' but she just did.

Outside of the oppressive nature that the South offered to the black people, black gay people, black gay people who happened to be Christian, who wouldn't want to leave? I couldn't wait to get out of there.

I don't want to sound pretentious or meta or anything, but I don't write until it comes to me... People know when something is inspired and when something is not, and I don't want to waste anyone's time.

Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing.