Quotes by Andrew Rannells

About Andrew Rannells:

Andrew Scott Rannells is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his work as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. As a featured soloist on the musical's Original Broadway Cast Recording, he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. His other Broadway credits include Jersey Boys and Hairspray. He most recently portrayed the title character in Hedwig and the Angry Inch replacing Neil Patrick Harris, who originated the role in the 2014 Broadway revival at the Belasco Theatre.
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At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.

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Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.

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Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation.

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I love doing both theater and television.

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My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom.

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I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

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I'm 6'2 and not a small person.

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If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false.

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I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me.

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I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.

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I haven't really made up my mind concretely about having kids.

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When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up.

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I've been pretty career-focused since moving to New York.

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As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television.

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I think as a young person, you're kind of game for whatever sometimes.

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As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The Book of Mormon' was something I got to be part of. I don't want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical thea...

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Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.

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I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.

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I can't wake up at all without caffeine.

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I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

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Author Bio

  • NameAndrew Rannells
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornAugust 23, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor