Billy Porter
American actor and singer
A home. I just bought one on Long Island. My first piece of property.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Endless acting jobs.
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A garden of my own.
Someone to clean my apartment.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
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Talk to people. Learn from them. And put your phone away.
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Relief and an achy feeling in your cheeks from smiling.
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Narcissism. And people coughing on me in public.
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