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"I guess if I had any advice to give to an Evan Hansen or a Connor Murphy is to try and realize that this point in your time, wherever you are, is short‑lived and everything comes in seasons and happens in seasons and that’s life. Life isn’t about finding out who you are. It’s about creating who you are and part of that creation is a wall. There is a bad place. But you just got to buckle down in those tough moments and keep going."

"So in Connor’s instance, he puts up walls because people put him in a box. For him it’s an opportunity for allowing Evan to see who he is and there is miscommunication and unfortunately, Connor dies and it’s sad because the audience doesn’t actually get to know who he is."

"Yes, but you know, that’s the thing. This word “bully” gets thrown around and the reality is, that’s not true. The only reason we use the term “bully” is because we are dealing with high school kids in this story. As adults everyone gets bullied every single day and no one calls it that. So the word “bully” actually minimizes what young people are going through. Connor isn’t a bully. He is someone who is misunderstood. If anything, he is someone who is put in a box and everybody goes around and they say “oh, don’t talk to that kid because he is different.”