Randy Harrison Quotes

• By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.

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  Bullying, Kind, Hiding

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• I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North.

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  Yankees, Shame, Born

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• I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and can't really have any connection with people because they are so used to fleeting sexual.

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  People, Connections, Fleeting

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• I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.

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  Erotic, Stopping, Done

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• I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.

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  People, Ends, Exposing Yourself

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• In the theater we're like blue-collar workers: It's a physical job, you don't make a lot of money, and you're on the road all the time. It's worth it in that it's the best job in the world, but you have to negotiate living in cities that don't always accommodate you.

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  Jobs, Blue, Cities

  "Randy Harrison's the new Emcee in "Cabaret"". Interview with Tony Bravo, www.sfgate.com. July 1, 2016.

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• I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.

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  Careers, Want, Kind

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• I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.

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  School, Parent, Groups

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• I wasn't dating anyone. I was hyper-focused on acting. So I didn't bring a guy to the prom. I was the lone gay person as far as I knew.

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  Gay, Dating, Guy

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• I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.

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  Parent, Able, Growing

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• I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something.

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  Attention, Want, Down And

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• I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.

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  Hats, Walks, Heads Up

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• I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

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  Honesty, Thinking, Important

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• It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something.

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  Boys, Thinking, Actors

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• I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.

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  Character, Feelings, Isolation

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• A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.

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  Gay, People, Ironic

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• Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

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  Dad, Said

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• Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.

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  Powerful, Storytelling, Music Is

  "Randy Harrison's the new Emcee in "Cabaret"". Interview with Tony Bravo, www.sfgate.com. July 1, 2016.

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• It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.

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  Kind, Subtle, Feels

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• I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.

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  Character, Thinking, Giving

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• I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.

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  Summer, College, Casting

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• I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.

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  Careers, Trying, Manipulation

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• The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. It's really foreign to me, which is annoying, but that's just how it is.

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  Character, Annoyed, Clubs

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• I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.

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  Independent, Play, Careers

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