I had to be clean-shaven all the time to play a Mormon missionary, so after I was done, I grew a mustache out of rebellion. It was actually very polarizing. I became attractive to a completely new group of people and also repulsive to a new group of people. The lesson: mustaches are divisive. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
Coming from the theater, you know what your given circumstances are every night and who your character is. You’re reenacting this one moment of their lives over and over, so you get really good at figuring out how to navigate it. TV was a huge adjustment for me because the script changes every episode, and you have a different set of circumstances. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
It never occurred to me that one could just buy tickets to the Tonys. I figured you had to be invited. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
I arrived at New York, and I went from being Andy Rannells from Nebraska to being Andrew Rannells in New York who was gay. And those were just the facts. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
My group of friends, we sort of go at each other pretty hard sometimes. And it’s half performance, half truth that you can say cutting things to your friends that might be a little true, but as long as you package it in a joke, it becomes a little more palatable. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
I remember seeing ‘Falsettos’ on the Tonys in ’92 and being like, ‘What the hell was that show?’ Andrew Rannells Read Quote
I didn’t have an agent until I got ‘Hairspray.’ I had to get a Broadway show without an agent to get an agent. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
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. Andrew Rannells Read Quote
