Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, and singer.
I haven't really made up my mind concretely about having kids.
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.
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 The Book of Mormon. And Girls felt very much the same way - there was an excitement about it as we were doing it; I knew it was something special.
I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.
The majority of celebrities that come to the show actually don't come backstage. Because they don't know that they can.
If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false.
I think as a young person, you're kind of game for whatever sometimes.
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.
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 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.
Girls was the first television show I got to be a part of, and that was here in New York. Getting to work with Lena Dunham, and to work with HBO and Judd Apatow, and then being a big fan of Ryan Murphy, I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity than this.
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.
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.
My mother was predominately a stay-at-home mom.
I can't wake up at all without caffeine.
Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.
Luckily Ryan Murphy has a great track record of really having his finger on the pulse of pop culture in a way that very few people do. And he is able to work things into stories in a ridiculously timely way - sometimes, before anybody else thinks it's going to be a thing, he is able to create these moments on television. I was thrilled to get to work with him, and I knew he would be able to tell that story with that same energy.
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.
I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.
I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.