Anthony Rapp
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Deane Rappis an American stage and film actor and singer best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009. He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and originated the role of Lucas in the musical If/Then in 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth26 October 1971
CityJoliet, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.
When we did shoot in the East Village, they had to spread around a lot of trash and put transparencies of graffiti up in front of the walls.
I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.
Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.
Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature.
In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.
Labels are for cans, not people.
There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.
to say it's a dream come true doesn't do it justice, because I've never dreamed this big. The film and play stand side by side -- you get the advantage of more intimacy in the film's close-ups, and the advantage of live rock onstage.
Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.
The number of people who said that it made a difference to them that I'm out is the reason that I'm out. There are people who devote their lives to taking away the rights of gays and lesbians, and I think that visibility is very important. I'm trying to encourage more people to come out, and show everyone who they are, because it's harder to take away the rights of a human being. And this is a miracle state, because we can get married. And I think that these people working to take away our rights are going to lose, because of this generation.
I think the most important cause for me is to try to represent honesty. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but it's about trying to be true to who you are.