Andrew Rannells

“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.”

“I can't wake up at all without caffeine.”

“I would always pick pop songs and would sing them even if they were not correct for the audition - which didn't always get me a lot of jobs, but sometimes they did.”

“I'm 6'2 and not a small person.”

“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.”

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

“It never occurred to me that one could just buy tickets to the Tonys. I figured you had to be invited.”

“I would like to tell stories through the lens of the gay person, but not just for gay people.”

“I didn't have an agent until I got 'Hairspray.' I had to get a Broadway show without an agent to get an agent.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.”

“In L.A., people will recognize me for doing 'Girls,' but have no idea that I have ever done anything on Broadway or can sing or dance or any of that stuff.”

“I'm not friends with a lot of my exes, and I think there's a reason for that.”

“I remember seeing 'Falsettos' on the Tonys in '92 and being like, 'What the hell was that show?'”

“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.”

“I feel very fortunate that while I had a little bit of personal panic or maybe a little internal struggle as a teenager, really coming to terms with the fact that I was gay, and also knowing I was going to have to tell my family. And, how was that going to affect things? And would it affect things? And ultimately, it did not.”

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

“Everyone is different, and every relationship is different, and I think the rules can change, and feelings can change. It's not only about who you're with, but also where you are in your own life and your own process.”

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