I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Rachael Leigh Cook was my leading lady. She was awesome. We loved the show [Perception ]. Again, it was more of a… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I had run into Kari Lizer at an airport, I think, and she said, "Would you come on the show [ The… — 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,… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but… — 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
In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show. — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Seinfeld [show] had been so huge for me. It was one of those things where I discovered Seinfeld really early and was… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
So this ["Grant MacLaren"] was a chance to sort of go back and do a more leading man. But instead of just… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
[Trust Me] was TNT, and they were really supportive of the show, but in the end they just didn't feel it was… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
There was not an episode [on Perception] that didn't deal with some form of mental illness, either my own, or I would… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Brad Wright, who created Grant MacLaren, had me in mind. We'd actually worked together 20 years ago. He wrote an episode of… — 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
![“Rachael Leigh Cook was my leading lady. She was awesome. We loved the show [Perception ]. Again, it was more of a TNT show, because there were crimes that got solved, which [going] back five years ago, was a mandate. But there was something innovative about the mental illness side of it.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/182/eric-mccormack-2915_cooks_rachael-leigh-cook-was-my-leading-lady-s_1752297.jpg)
![“I had run into Kari Lizer at an airport, I think, and she said, "Would you come on the show [ The New Adventures Of Old Christine]?" And I said, "God. Absolutely."” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ef/eric-mccormack-2915_adventure_i-had-run-into-kari-lizer-at-an-airport_663763.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)
![“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)
![“In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg)
![“Seinfeld [show] had been so huge for me. It was one of those things where I discovered Seinfeld really early and was making sure everyone I knew was watching it. I would tape it on VHS and show it to people that hadn't seen the show yet.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc3/eric-mccormack-2915_huge_seinfeld-show-had-been-so-huge-for-me-it_2870531.jpg)
![“So this ["Grant MacLaren"] was a chance to sort of go back and do a more leading man. But instead of just solving crimes like a CSI show, this leading man is, like the other travelers, not who he appears.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d29/eric-mccormack-2915_chance_so-this-grant-maclaren-was-a-chance-to-s_2078513.jpg)
![“[Trust Me] was TNT, and they were really supportive of the show, but in the end they just didn't feel it was their audience. I never really understood why we didn't get a longer run at it, because it was Griffin Dunne and Monica Potter. Just a really strong cast.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d0/eric-mccormack-2915_audience_trust-me-was-tnt-and-they-were-really-su_2497020.jpg)
![“There was not an episode [on Perception] that didn't deal with some form of mental illness, either my own, or I would be the first to notice if a defendant did a certain thing that perhaps he was suffering from this. And so we got to do some really outspoken stuff for what was otherwise a…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87a/eric-mccormack-2915_certain_there-was-not-an-episode-on-perception-t_2594900.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)
![“[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)