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People fall in love with a person, not a gender or an age.
Darren Criss
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Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. But then people are like ‘Darren what’re you doing?’ And I just sit there and laugh because they’re not cool enough to be an octopus and I’m just like ‘Hah you’re just jealous because you’re not an octopus.’
Darren Criss
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Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens won't come to Earth and destroy us. I am sure of this.
Darren Criss
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That which makes you different is what makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, dinosaur; I don't care.
Darren Criss
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Hope for everything, expect nothing.
Darren Criss
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There's nothing more badass than being who you are.
Darren Criss
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My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.
Darren Criss
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My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.
Darren Criss
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I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I don't feel guilty about it
Darren Criss
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Never let what is popular actually define your taste or interests.
Darren Criss
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The power of a smile goes a long way. My mom taught me that.
Darren Criss
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Chris Colfer... he's like a... playful wood-nymph.
Darren Criss
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I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.
Darren Criss
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No one's tried to stab me. That's cool. I enjoy not being stabbed.
Darren Criss
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Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.
Darren Criss
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I’m super annoying, I’m the kind of guy that if there’s no recycling bins around I hoard plastic bottles, put them in my bag and I bring them home. If I can afford it I want to put solar panels in.
Darren Criss
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What can you expect from me in the next five years? Well... I'll get older
Darren Criss
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As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.
Darren Criss
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Be nice people, cause nobody likes an asshole.
Darren Criss
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I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.
Darren Criss
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As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.
Darren Criss
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Its always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.
Darren Criss
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Guys I’m kind of nutty, but you have to understand that that’s all just me being myself.
Darren Criss
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It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male.
Darren Criss
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I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.
Darren Criss
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Yeah, there has been alot of changes in my life since I started glee...I bought a new sweater.
Darren Criss
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I've always been the annoying kid who sang.
Darren Criss
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I was consumed by my love for Chris Colfer, and I just couldn't hold it in any longer.
Darren Criss
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There's not a damn thing that I do on my own that's not for my fans or for people that have supported me. So, I don't really care about my agenda, I wanna be on yours.
Darren Criss
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I just hope I can continue to do work that matters to me, I’m not interested in being any kind of superstar or anything I’m not. I’m just a dude who got lucky and an artist who cares about the work that I do.
Darren Criss
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Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.
Darren Criss
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I don't take breaks, man, I'm always doing something.
Darren Criss
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The first time you do anything, people always take a minute to try to figure it out, but once you witness it in person, the word starts to spread and it gains momentum year after year.
Darren Criss
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All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say 'Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!'
Darren Criss
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I would be the worst president in the history of the United States. Unless you want the apocalypse to happen really soon then yes, I'll run for president.
Darren Criss
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Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community.
Darren Criss
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I never let my politics supersede my manners.
Darren Criss
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I'm on cloud nine.. i wouldn't even say cloud nine... more like cloud ten... cloud nine was old news.
Darren Criss
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I never thought I would meet Mariah Carey, but I really never thought I'd be introduced to her by Whitney Houston. She's like, "Hey, baby, this is Mariah." I'm like, "I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here."
Darren Criss
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I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here.
Darren Criss
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Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.
Darren Criss
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Please don't kill me, I'm nice.
Darren Criss
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I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.
Darren Criss
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When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.
Darren Criss
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I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.
Darren Criss
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I wish I was old Hollywood.
Darren Criss
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I remember seeing Aladdin when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do. Mum said I couldnt be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, OK, then, I want to be an actor.
Darren Criss
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I don't shave when I'm not working.
Darren Criss
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I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.
Darren Criss
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I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.
Darren Criss
