In Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Titus Andromedon is a show-stealing character. Tituss Burgess plays the mostly out-of-work actor who’s black, gay and an endearing friend to the very naive Kimmy Schmidt.
Burgess may share a first name with his over-the-top character, but he says they’re plenty different. Unlike Andromedon, Burgess is a quiet homebody who doesn’t need to be the center of attention. He grew up in small-town Georgia before making his way to Broadway and then TV. It’s a journey that required many leaps of faith, and he credits one woman with giving him the confidence to take those leaps.
“Lena Horne,” he says. “I saw The Wiz when I was in the seventh grade. … The authority with which she sang [’If You Believe’], watching her telling Dorothy, you know, how exactly to get to where she wants to be, and the way she looked down the barrel of the lens — you could not tell me that this woman was not singing to me. … I would go back and forth to the library and rent The Wiz, and this one piece just was so electric and I felt invincible. I felt, for all intents and purposes, that whatever it was I was going to do, there was absolutely nothing anyone could say or do to stop me. And it has proven true.”
Tituss Burgess Says He Plays The Most ‘Everyman’ Character On 'Kimmy Schmidt’
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