Andrew Rannells

My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or…

— Andrew Rannells

I figure, oftentimes the best way in is through humor, and you can deal with serious situations a lot easier, or at…

— Andrew Rannells

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

— Andrew Rannells

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

— Andrew Rannells

I've always been a huge fan of Tina Fey's. She's a very unique storyteller and has such a great voice and sense…

— Andrew Rannells

As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as…

— Andrew Rannells

I love doing both theater and television.

— Andrew Rannells

Girls was the first television show I got to be a part of, and that was here in New York. Getting to…

— Andrew Rannells

I don't want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical theater, so that was really thrilling to…

— Andrew Rannells

I'm always thrilled when I get feedback from young people, particularly from 'The New Normal,' young gay people - when they say…

— 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…

— Andrew Rannells

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown,…

— Andrew Rannells

It was always my goal to be a working actor.

— Andrew Rannells

I feel very fortunate that while I had a little bit of personal panic or maybe a little internal struggle as a…

— Andrew Rannells

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

— Andrew Rannells

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

— Andrew Rannells

Surround yourself with people who are going to support you regardless of what your sexual orientation is, and you can have a…

— Andrew Rannells

My group of friends, we sort of go at each other pretty hard sometimes. And it's half performance, half truth that you…

— Andrew Rannells

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

— Andrew Rannells

My career, definitely, the early years were a little scattershot, in terms of - it was a little regional theater, it was…

— Andrew Rannells

There are certainly actors who I felt rivalries with, but then, as time goes on, you realize that you have to keep…

— Andrew Rannells

There was something really special about working with Lena Dunham. I immediately felt very comfortable with her, and we spoke the same…

— Andrew Rannells

I arrived at New York, and I went from being Andy Rannells from Nebraska to being Andrew Rannells in New York who…

— Andrew Rannells

When I came out when I was 18, and I graduated from high school, and I felt like that was the time…

— Andrew Rannells

Coming to New York to go to school and being very far away from my own family, I definitely found myself piecing…

— Andrew Rannells