I try very hard to live my life in an exemplary way, which is, you know, 'Shine bright like Frankie.'
Frankie Grande
Opening presents at midnight on Christmas Eve - midnight! As soon as it turns to Christmas Day, we're opening those gifts.
I have at least four Starbucks drinks a day.
Anything that has a dragon, a wand, pixie dust, fairies, magic, any of that, I love it. I'm obsessed with it, I will read it, I will watch it, I will commit it to memory.
The party life that had once given me so much confidence and comfort had turned into a nightmare where I never felt more alone.
I love my Justin Bieber. He's, like, my favorite person of all time, so I'm always looking through his social media posts.
I love Muhlenberg. I'm an academic. I needed a small school with incredible programs and found that here. I learned so much and grew so much in four years.
I can pretty much name and rattle off the genus and species of all the bugs you see in everyday life.
My mother is a rock. She's my rock, she's Ariana's rock, and she has been a huge example of how to get through some difficult situations with strength, dignity, her head held high.
My mom. My grandma, my grandfather. We have a very strong, strong line of amazing people in the family. Very strong women.
I'm extremely excited about returning to my alma mater, working with my amazing professors and being part of Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance once again. I believe the program to be the absolute best in the nation!
Having this message of sobriety and recovery to blast out into the world is also very powerful and kind of the reason why I'm on this planet, I think; it's one of my purposes.
After the tragic events of Manchester, with the senseless loss of life and the fear that came from knowing my family was unsafe and that I was completely powerless to protect them, I went to a very dark place with no tools to handle the feelings that came along with the devastation of the attack.
I am a new man, and the man you see before you is the one I was always meant to be. This decision to be sober is a lifetime decision.
I was Boots The Monkey in 'Dora The Explorer Live Dora's Pirate Adventure,' and it was the greatest!
OMG, I have my 'Mamma Mia!' playbill framed in my bedroom. It was magical! I totally cried... a lot! I remember collecting playbills my entire life, and then to be in one... I have no words.
Women who have been with man after man after man after man choose to become a lesbian later in life. Gay men, it doesn't work so much that way.
My favorite vacation destination is Hawaii.
I have a major weakness for Oreo cookies and David Yurman jewelry.
I definitely take influences from my idols David Bowie and Billy Joel. I've combined them with the Frankie Grande-isms that I've cultivated over singing every night for two shows a week for four years on Broadway.
David Bowie has always been my vocal inspiration ever since I was a child.
You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.
I got the first Nintendo system, and me and my mother would stay up and play it together for hours and hours and hours - mainly Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart!
I like singing Bruce Springsteen.
If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.
I am here today as an example to all that have gone through a personal hell or are going through it right now, whatever that hell might be for you, that you can become whole again. In fact, you can become stronger than you ever thought possible.
I remember being so nervous to tell my little sister. I was like, 'I have something to tell you... I'm gay.' And she was like, 'Cool, do you have a boyfriend?' And I was like, 'Yeah,' and she was like, 'When do I get to meet him?' I was, like, 'Really? It's that simple?' So it went really well.
There's a lot of audience participation in 'Rock of Ages' and 'Rocky Horror.'
I love breaking the fourth wall, and being given permission to play with the audience!
It's difficult to market and promote a new show that no one has heard of with a not unique title.
'Ray of Light' changed my life. The whole album, but that song specifically, was just so life-changing and incredible for me.
Muhlenberg is the school that made me and shaped me into the actor I am today.
There's nothing like the spontaneity of making something work on stage.
I love being back on the East Coast.
My first audition ever was for 'Bye Bye Birdie' in fifth grade.
I have the most incredible fans, and they have given me so many wonderful gifts. My apartment is decorated almost entirely with fan art.
Glam rock always has a story to tell and has that powerful voice with a little hint of libretto.
As long as you adore my sister, then you're O.K. by me.
I was in love with Ryan Phillippe. I mean, like, who wasn't?
I'm really embracing that very out, very loud, very free persona that I am now but that I didn't get to be in high school.
I love working in TV. And I love the adrenaline of hosting things like 'Access Hollywood' with, like, zero preparation and just going straight on.
I want people to be obsessed with Broadway and theatre as much as I am.
I am emoji-heavy as hell. I'd use the same emoji 140 times just to communicate how excited I am.
Your Instagram shouldn't have 35 pictures from the same event.
You don't have to post a picture with every single person at the party. Just get a few, maybe post one picture with eight people.
There's always a performance going on in our house.
Ariana is anything but subtle.
I basically raised her. Ariana and I are 10 years apart, and she grew up with a really gay brother who just loves her unconditionally, and it's reciprocated.
I was pre-med in college, and so since a lot of people take a year off before they go to med school, I decided to take the time to pursue theater - six months later, I was on Broadway.
I have to say, Franz in 'Rock of Ages,' I had three final callbacks for that role before I booked it - it was something that I'd dreamed of. I wanted to play that role. I love that show.
