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I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.

Darren Criss

I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.
DARREN CRISS

Badass Being People Yourself
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

Enough Jealous Octopus People
As long as it’s live, it’s the best because there’s sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you’re at the whim of so many different forces.
DARREN CRISS

Connection Different Long Performer
It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male.
DARREN CRISS

Long Males Secret Straight
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

Artist Cares Hope Lucky
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

Art Musician Symphony
Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.
DARREN CRISS

Friends Funny Good Really Sometimes
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

Agenda Fans People
Be nice people, cause nobody likes an asshole.
DARREN CRISS

Likes Nice People
I know. I’m Darren. I don’t know what I’m doing here.
DARREN CRISS

Business Darren Knows Risky
Please don’t kill me, I’m nice.
DARREN CRISS

Kill Me Nice Please
As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything – I just enjoy music.
DARREN CRISS

Enjoy Musician Values
All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say ‘Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!’
DARREN CRISS

Aunt Look Looks
No one’s tried to stab me. That’s cool. I enjoy not being stabbed.
DARREN CRISS

Cool Enjoy Stab
When you’re an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.
DARREN CRISS

Artist Expect Nothing
I’m always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I’m a chatty guy.
DARREN CRISS

Cutting Guy Waiting

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