Michael Rapaport Net Worth

Michael Rapaport's Quotes

• I don't think about it as being bumped up, but as being bumped forward. I'm not interested in climbing up the ladder. From 'up' you can come 'down.' I just want 'forward.'
• Making a character human is important...not likable or unlikable...just well- rounded.
• Sometimes people think I'm dumber than I am because of the characters that I play. But it takes a genius to play a fool.
• I'm always very impressed and humbled that I've been able to work with the kind of people that I've been able to work with. But, when I'm working with them I leave the fan at home. I come to work as a professional. I think if you go into something looking at people as better than you, if you give people too much respect, I don't think it benefits you or them.
• (2011, on being a part of Frank Zappa's Civilization, Phaze III) I used to date Moon Zappa. She's a good friend of mine still. He used to get a kick out of the way I used to speak, so he was like, "Yo, you wanna come down there and talk on this album?" We went down there and I talked on the album, and I felt like it was cool 'cause he was Frank Zappa, and I was Mike Rappa. That's what we used to joke. I used to always get a kick out of him, and I think he used to get a kick out of me.

Interesting Facts about Michael Rapaport

1. Pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment of Lili Taylor. Ordered to stay away from her and get counseling for a year. [May 1998]
2. As a youngster, he was a die-hard fan of Eddie Murphy and used to dress up like him in gold chains and white suits. He later got to work with his idol in the film Metro (1997) and on Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001).
3. At 6' 2" (1.88 m), he reportedly once entertained the thought of being a basketball player.
4. Has a son named Maceo Shane, born in 2002. He named his son after Vincent Mason aka Maseo of De La Soul.
5. Has a son named Julian Ali, born in 2000.
6. Lost to Gary Dell'Abate in the final round of the Howard Stern Staff Fantasy Football League in 2014.
7. Younger half-brother of Claudia Lonow.
8. Stepson of Mark Lonow.