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

~Billy Porter

Topics: Bobby Cast Company Getting Me People Revival Roles See Traditional

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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: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Actually Am America Anybody Anything Away Be True Black Choice Christian Gay Just Loud Making Nature Need Out Political Refuse Say Show Sometimes Take True Up Who You I Am

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For me, I really feel like if there's not a real, true connection to the material, I don't need to sing it. I don't need to sing songs just because I like them anymore. I've done that.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Anymore Because Connection Done Feel Just Just Because Like Material Me Need Real Really Sing Songs Them True

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When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Actually Doing Empowering Exhausting Exhilarating Love What You Love You

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Many movie stars or American Idol contestants sort of fall into theater... and say, 'Oh, yeah, I would love to do theater.' And then they get here and say, 'Oh, wait a minute, this actually is a craft!' It's not just show up one day and do it. It's show up eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and twice on Saturdays.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Actually American American Idol Contestants Craft Day Eight Fall Get Here Idol Just Love Many Minute Movie Movie Stars Oh Oh Yeah One Day Say Show Sort Stars Theater Then Times Twice Up Wait Week Would Yeah

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If you gauge how you're doing on whether somebody is responding vocally or not, you're up a creek. You can't do that; you kind of have to be inside of your work and play the scene. And tell the story every day. Tell the story. Tell the story. Regardless of how people are responding, I'm going to tell the story.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Creek Day Doing Every Every Day Gauge Going How Inside Kind People Play Regardless Responding Scene Somebody Story Tell Up Whether Work You Your

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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, or own it with very fiber of your being.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Being Else Energy Ever Fiber Inhabit Own Position Put Requiring Somebody Someone Thing Very Where You Your Yourself

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Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Aspire Broadway Middle

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 21st, 1969

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