A.Rapp.Addicted

A.Rapp Quotes:

"It's not about whether what you bring to the room is perfect, but if it's unique.."

“Labels are for cans, not people."

"Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.”

“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.”

"Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.”

"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.”

"There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.”

"The music I'm making is influenced by all of those people, I think. So it's a little hard for me to pin it down. Some of it is a little noisy, some of it quiet, some jazzy, some sort of post-punk. I think all of it has a pop sensibility at its heart, though; hooks are very important to me. I've taken to calling my music 'alternapop,' the closest label I could find that fits."

To have an experience like Rent in the first place was incredible. To be able to experience it all again, and to have it preserved on film, altered the very fiber of my being." -  GenreMagazine.com, 10/05

"It was like coming home. I'm older and wiser now. All that stuff gets in your skin, bones and blood - it all comes back. There were times when we did certain emotional scenes over and over, and after pouring our hearts out for 13 hours, we'd go home feeling spent but fulfilled. To know that we were doing it forever - that it would live on in film - made it impossible not to give it our all." -  Next, 8/28/05

"Rent creates this little world that, although it has AIDS and drug addiction, is sort of a social ideal. None of the characters are prejudiced; they're all friends, and everybody loves each other. It's a fantasy world I think everybody wishes could be true." - Interview, 6/96

random TRIVIA:

Anthony says his worst haircut was for the film "Dazed and Confused."

Anthony lived with RENT costars Adam Pascal, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, and Jesse L. Martin for a brief period. The four are sitll very close.

Anthony stands at 5'8".

Anthony says he doesn't have a biggest fear since his mother died except being left in a small dark space for a long time.

Anthony's favorite Broadway show is "Angels in America".

Anthony's brother, Adam Rapp, is a novelist and playwright

Anthony starred in Adam's one-man show.

Anthony attended New York University.

Anthony Attended Interlochen Arts Camp, an exclusive arts camp, where he studied acting for 2 years. He continues to teach master classes there, and at Interlochen Arts Academy

Anthony heads a band called AlbinoKid.

Anthony appeared in the original Broadway productions of Six Degrees of Separation and Rent, and in their respective film adaptations.

Anthony is a childhood friend of actor/comedian Andy Dick.