As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Every actor has periods of their life that are a little less busy than others, and that was just a time when… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I was playing this sort of asshole actor [in The Jenny McCarthy Show]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
[Townies] was a great springboard, obviously, because Jenna [Elfman] went from that to Dharma & Greg, and a few years later, Lauren [Graham] went… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
The Trevor Project provides crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and young adults. It's truly a lifeline to… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I think because the show ["Grant MacLaren"] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
[Townies] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
It's very strange - several years ago, I was in the running for the 'Young Frankenstein' musical. Kristin Chenoweth was going to do it,… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
As I got older, I realized that my life experience, what I really had, was always going to be more valuable than what I… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
It was a film [The Lost World], and it's a sequel at the same time. The first shot on the first day was from… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
They [the Travelers] know everything about the year that they're coming into. But you can know everything and still be tripped up by the… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I've had to take roles that on purpose were not Will-like so that someone like 'The Hollywood Reporter' would write, 'McCormack shows great range;… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Certainly 'Lonesome Dove' would be way hard now, because, I mean, back then I wasn't married. I didn't have kids. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
![“Every actor has periods of their life that are a little less busy than others, and that was just a time when I needed that. And to be back on a sitcom stage, with Julia [ Louis-Dreyfus], was really, really fun.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa6/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_every-actor-has-periods-of-their-life-th_1057046.jpg)
![“I was playing this sort of asshole actor [in The Jenny McCarthy Show]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a guaranteed go. It was going to be 24 [episodes] on the air. No questions from NBC. And we shot the pilot, and I was in Toronto doing a movie, and I got a call saying they cut the character…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4d/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_i-was-playing-this-sort-of-asshole-actor_1568863.jpg)
![“As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19e/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_as-much-as-i-loved-al-pacino-and-robert_1752222.jpg)
![“When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property and was turning it into this series - she brought in a lot of old friends - Diahann Carroll and Billy Dee Williams and Dennis Weaver. And we had an interesting collection…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/149/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_when-we-started-the-show-lonesome-dove-s_2784142.jpg)
![“[Townies] was a great springboard, obviously, because Jenna [Elfman] went from that to Dharma & Greg, and a few years later, Lauren [Graham] went to Gilmore Girls.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/40b/eric-mccormack-2915_dharma_townies-was-a-great-springboard-obviousl_26889.jpg)
![“I think because the show ["Grant MacLaren"] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one thing that mankind developed was the ability to send their consciousness back and where a lot of the institutions of modern life have fallen apart.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/089/eric-mccormack-2915_ability_i-think-because-the-show-grant-maclaren_53728.jpg)
![“[Townies] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96c/eric-mccormack-2915_bits_townies-was-a-huge-cast-it-was-a-bit-ung_81655.jpg)
![“It was a film [The Lost World], and it's a sequel at the same time. The first shot on the first day was from the sequel to the movie they hadn't made yet. But yeah, it was a pretty amazing experience running around the jungle for that.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d99/eric-mccormack-2915_amazing-experience_it-was-a-film-the-lost-world-and-it-s-a_122858.jpg)
![“They [the Travelers] know everything about the year that they're coming into. But you can know everything and still be tripped up by the little stuff that you didn't notice. And one character's Facebook page is made up of lies. It's an interesting comment on what's been going on the last few…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a5e/eric-mccormack-2915_character_they-the-travelers-know-everything-about_135474.jpg)
