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Darren Criss [1987-0] American

Rank: 103
Actor

Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer and songwriter. One of the founding members and co-owners of StarKid Productions, a musical theater company based in Chicago, Criss first garnered attention playing the lead role of Harry Potter in StarKid's musical production of A Very Potter Musical.

Art, Cool, Family, Funny

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I remember seeing 'Aladdin' when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, 'Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do.' Mum said I couldn't be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, 'OK, then, I want to be an actor.'		101
As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.	Art	102
When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.	Family, Funny	103
For me, I think everybody with half a heart tries to do their best to do their part of good during the holiday season.		104
When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and I'll fuse it with top 40.		105
The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.	Cool	106
I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.		107
I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.		108
I don't take breaks, man, I'm always doing something.		109
I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.		110
I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.		111
I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for more time two days before it's due.		112
I was inadvertently raised in the 'gay community.' I had straight parents, but I spent massive amounts of time at a very early age with gay, theater-hopeful thirty-somethings.		113
I always make time for the things that are important to me.		114
Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.		115
As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.		116
I don't shave when I'm not working.		117
It's always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.		118
When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.		119
I'm very specific and ambitious in plotting out my goals and never take no for an answer - so it's not like things just fall in my lap.		120
I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.		121
I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.		122
Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.		123
When I'm in the U.K. I find myself using a lot of Britishisms.		124
I'm incredibly anal about everything that I do.		125
I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.		126
We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?'		201
I believe singing should be like being an actor. People shouldn't have any problem buying an actor being in a comedy or a drama or a horror film. That should be the same way with music.		202
Challenge is good for any relationship.		203
I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.		204
As an actor it's your job to empathise with your character regardless of whether they have a different sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, or anything.		205
I'm not a mean person.		206
I've always enjoyed fashion and dressing up for things, whether it's high fashion or play fashion.		207
I never let my politics supersede my manners.		208
Hollywood is a strange, strange thing. I feel like I've been invited to a very exclusive ball and I'm just trying to make nice with everybody and hope that if they kick me out they'll at least give me a ride home.		209
I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.		210
I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.		211
I wish I was old Hollywood.		212
I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.		213
I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.		214

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