I swore myself off relationships completely. // I think right now I just need to be alone.

There’s one scene from the Looking film in particular that struck him. […] Patrick discovers that his one-night stand, who is 22, has been out and having serious relationships since he was 16-years-old. Patrick’s reaction mimics that of many gay men who didn’t feel comfortable, for myriad reasons, coming out until later in life: awe, admiration…and a lot of jealousy. It turns out that reaction also mimics Groff’s in real life.

“I love that scene because I have that with young people I meet now, even at the stage door,” he says. “Even like visiting my high school there were kids who were out. I was like ‘What!?’ I couldn’t even wrap my mind around it. That someone would go to prom with a guy is crazy to me. It’s amazing to me but I couldn’t even believe that was a possibility.” (interview)