Andrew Rannells Quotes

Even if the Tonys aren't as glitzy as the Oscars, being a part of the ceremony is no less exciting.

Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot.

The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand or so people at a time. This gives them the opportunity to perform to millions of people.

The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.

If you want to see theater you go to New York.

In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I can.

Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.

I go for a couple of parties; you won't find me at every film party and never at award ceremonies. I tried attending for the first three to four years, and I've performed at award shows. I sat in them, and I've also exited pretty fast from them. It's just not my place. I'd rather get their adulation in a cinema hall.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

But I can't wait to watch the Tonys this Sunday. I'm really glad Broadway is doing so well this year, especially with its straight plays. It's been a wonderful year.

I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.

You'd have to go all the way back to 1972 to find a version of me who didn't care about theater, who didn't read Playbill and watch the Tony Awards, or get why Bob Fosse's choreography was so groundbreaking that all you need to say is 'Fosse hands' and theater people know what you mean.

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

When I was first on 'Dancing With The Stars', people were really shocked and surprised.

I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

Tony Awards boost Broadway attendance and sell the shows on the road. They're the sugar to swat the fly. If you needed more explanation for the yearly ballyhoo, in the metropolitan areas where a Broadway show plays, the local economy is boosted by three and a half times the gross ticket sales. So when we're talking Tonys, we're talking moolah.

'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rattle around in one of the big words.

I am back in Los Angeles after a very successful run in Chicago as Billy Flynn.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.

It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.

There's something so quirky and fun and nerdy about the Tony Awards... We're dorks being silly up there.