Michael Rapaport Quotes

Michael Rapaport — American Actor born on March 18, 1970,

Michael David Rapaport is an American actor, director and comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s. His best known roles on television are Boston Public, Prison Break, Friends, The War at Home, and Justified... (wikipedia)

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.

Only a genius can play a fool.

I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.

So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

Michael Rapaport Quotes

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