Andrew Rannells Quotes:

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

source: - "Andrew Rannells ‘Book of Mormon’ Star Talks Life, White Strips & Mucinex". Interview with Sandi Durell, theaterpizzazz.com. July 17, 2013.

Topics: Moving, Towns, Poor, Scones

I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.

Topics: Community, Used, Theater

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

Topics: New York, Moving, Careers

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

Topics: Casting, Reason, Multicultural

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

Topics: Men, Laughing, People

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

source: - "STAGE TO SCREENS: Andrew Rannells, From The Book of Mormon to TV's "The New Normal"". Interview with Christopher Wallenberg, www.playbill.com. September 11, 2012.

Topics: Supportive, Groups, Supportive Family, Group Of Friends

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.

Topics: Character, Kids, Gay

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

source: - "Andrew Rannells ‘Book Of Mormon’ Star Talks Life, White Strips & Mucinex". Interview with Sandi Durell, theaterpizzazz.com. July 17, 2013.

Topics: Mom, Mother, Home, Stay At Home Mom

This is a musical, ma'am. If there's no gay, there's a problem.

Topics: Gay, Musical, Problem

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

Topics: Thinking, Games, Kind

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

source: - "QA: The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. June 9, 2011.

Topics: Nebraska, Shakes, Stills

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.

source: - "Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells on Slapping, Stripping & His New TV Show". Interview with Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. June 15, 2012.

Topics: People, East, Village, Williamsburg, East Village

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.

source: - "STAGE TO SCREENS: Andrew Rannells, From The Book of Mormon to TV's "The New Normal"". Interview with Christopher Wallenberg, www.playbill.com. September 11, 2012.

Topics: Jobs, People, Theatre

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.

Topics: Gay, Majority, Midwest

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 theater, so that was really thrilling to be part of.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Book, Musical, Want, Groundbreaking, Thrilling

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.

source: - "Andrew Rannells: Gay And Serious In 'New Normal'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 10, 2012.

Topics: Age, Actors, Broadway

I can't wake up at all without caffeine.

Topics: Wake Up, Caffeine

I love doing both theater and television.

source: - "Andrew Rannells' Crew Love". Interview with Li Zhou, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2013.

Topics: Television, Theater

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

Topics: Kids, Mind, Made

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

source: - "Andrew Rannells ‘Book of Mormon’ Star Talks Life, White Strips & Mucinex". Interview with Sandi Durell, theaterpizzazz.com. July 17, 2013.

Topics: Should, Feels

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

Topics: Persons, Small Person

So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit... you have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well.

source: - "Andrew Rannells ‘Book Of Mormon’ Star Talks Life, White Strips & Mucinex". Interview with Sandi Durell, theaterpizzazz.com. July 17, 2013.

Topics: Play, People, Guy

I figure, oftentimes the best way in is through humor, and you can deal with serious situations a lot easier, or at least bring up the conversation.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Serious, Situation

My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Goal, Laughing

I'm happy to say I haven't received that much negative feedback. I'm always thrilled when I get feedback from young people, particularly from The New Normal, young gay people - when they say they want that when they grow up, that means a lot to me. As a kid growing up, I didn't really have a lot of gay role models on television, so it's nice to be part of a movement that gives some more of those.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Growing Up, Nice, Mean

As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid I took classes there and as I got into high school I did all the community theater stuff. Then I came to college here in New York, going to Marymount Manhattan, and studied acting there. But most of the training I got was from working. Working with really great people.

source: - "Andrew Rannells ‘Book Of Mormon’ Star Talks Life, White Strips & Mucinex". Interview with Sandi Durell, theaterpizzazz.com. July 17, 2013.

Topics: New York, Children, School

I was interested in being part of interesting stories. 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.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Book, Interesting

I think Girls is so great, because versions of it are close to my own experience of moving to New York. It's a fun. You know - get to be messy and silly and irresponsible, but also wrap that up at the end of the day and be an adult. It's a fun time, but not necessarily one you want to stay in for too long.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Girl, Fun, Silly, Fun Times

When I talk to Ryan Murphy or Ali Adler about my past or things in my personal life, occasionally pieces of that will end up in the script, and I think that's true of everybody. It's true of that entire writer's room, certainly of Ryan and Ali. I think that he writes really well for actors, for his actors, and he writes to their strengths. I always feel very well taken care of with him.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Taken, Writing, Past