--- title: "14 Shows Quotes By Eric McCormack" description: "14 Shows quotes by Eric McCormack. Plus more from Eric McCormack and more Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/eric-mccormack-2915_compare_i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows_629315.jpg" --- > [I'm never one to compare shows to shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/eric-mccormack-2915_compare_i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows_629315.jpg) > [ In the '97 pilot season \[of Will & Grace \], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-got-the-male-lead-on-the-jenny/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg) > [I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before-but-they-were-finite-guest/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/eric-mccormack-2915_character_i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before_745637.jpg) > [Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/mental-illness-is-the-last-frontier-the-gay-thing-is-part-of-everyday/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/eric-mccormack-2915_bipolar_mental-illness-is-the-last-frontier-the_1409143.jpg) > [ \[Trust Me\] was TNT, and they were really supportive of the show, but in the end they just didn't feel it was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/trust-me-was-tnt-and-they-were-really-supportive-of-the-show-but-in/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/eric-mccormack-2915_audience_trust-me-was-tnt-and-they-were-really-su_2497020.jpg) > [ I think because the show \["Grant MacLaren"\] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-think-because-the-show-grant-maclaren-is-essentially-a-hopeful-show/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/eric-mccormack-2915_ability_i-think-because-the-show-grant-maclaren_53728.jpg) > [ Rachael Leigh Cook was my leading lady. She was awesome. We loved the show \[Perception \]. Again, it was more of a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/rachael-leigh-cook-was-my-leading-lady-she-was-awesome-we-loved-the/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/eric-mccormack-2915_cooks_rachael-leigh-cook-was-my-leading-lady-s_1752297.jpg) > [ Seinfeld \[show\] had been so huge for me. It was one of those things where I discovered Seinfeld really early and was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/seinfeld-show-had-been-so-huge-for-me-it-was-one-of-those-things/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/eric-mccormack-2915_huge_seinfeld-show-had-been-so-huge-for-me-it_2870531.jpg) > [I had run into Kari Lizer at an airport, I think, and she said, "Would you come on the show \[ The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-had-run-into-kari-lizer-at-an-airport-i-think-and-she-said-would/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/eric-mccormack-2915_absolutely_i-had-run-into-kari-lizer-at-an-airport_663763.jpg) > [ So this \["Grant MacLaren"\] was a chance to sort of go back and do a more leading man. But instead of just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/so-this-grant-maclaren-was-a-chance-to-sort-of-go-back-and-do-a-more/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/eric-mccormack-2915_chance_so-this-grant-maclaren-was-a-chance-to-s_2078513.jpg) > [ There was not an episode \[on Perception\] that didn't deal with some form of mental illness, either my own, or I would… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/there-was-not-an-episode-on-perception-that-didn-t-deal-with-some/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/when-we-started-the-show-lonesome-dove-suzanne-de-passe-who-had-done/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_when-we-started-the-show-lonesome-dove-s_2784142.jpg) > [ I was playing this sort of asshole actor \[in The Jenny McCarthy Show\]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-was-playing-this-sort-of-asshole-actor-in-the-jenny-mccarthy-show/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_i-was-playing-this-sort-of-asshole-actor_1568863.jpg) > [Brad Wright, who created Grant MacLaren, had me in mind. We'd actually worked together 20 years ago. He wrote an episode of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/brad-wright-who-created-grant-maclaren-had-me-in-mind-we-d-actually/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/eric-mccormack-2915_brad_brad-wright-who-created-grant-maclaren-h_2227387.jpg) ## Other authors on Shows ## More by Eric McCormack > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-got-michael-caine-s-book-acting-in-film-and-i-read-it-on-the-plane/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [ \[Townies\] was a great springboard, obviously, because Jenna \[Elfman\] went from that to Dharma & Greg, and a few years later, Lauren \[Graham\] went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/townies-was-a-great-springboard-obviously-because-jenna-elfman-went/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/the-trevor-project-provides-crisis-intervention-and-suicide/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/we-didn-t-with-will-grace-set-out-to-change-the-gay-world-we-just-set/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [ I think because the show \["Grant MacLaren"\] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-think-because-the-show-grant-maclaren-is-essentially-a-hopeful-show/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [ \[Townies\] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/townies-was-a-huge-cast-it-was-a-bit-ungainly-i-think-with-12-regular/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [It's very strange - several years ago, I was in the running for the 'Young Frankenstein' musical. Kristin Chenoweth was going to do it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/it-s-very-strange-several-years-ago-i-was-in-the-running-for-the/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/but-i-was-ready-for-it-and-i-knew-i-could-do-it-i-ve-just-turned-40-i/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [As I got older, I realized that my life experience, what I really had, was always going to be more valuable than what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/as-i-got-older-i-realized-that-my-life-experience-what-i-really-had/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/it-was-a-film-the-lost-world-and-it-s-a-sequel-at-the-same-time-the/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-started-to-realise-that-it-wasn-t-for-me-perhaps-i-didn-t-have-to/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/they-the-travelers-know-everything-about-the-year-that-they-re-coming/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-ve-had-to-take-roles-that-on-purpose-were-not-will-like-so-that/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [Certainly 'Lonesome Dove' would be way hard now, because, I mean, back then I wasn't married. I didn't have kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/certainly-lonesome-dove-would-be-way-hard-now-because-i-mean-back/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) > [My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/my-most-romantic-job-i-was-a-manager-at-baskin-robbins/) [Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shows/eric-mccormack/#itemlist", "name": "14 Shows Quotes By Eric McCormack", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm never one to compare shows to shows.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric McCormack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/eric-mccormack-2915_compare_i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows_629315.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/eric-mccormack-2915_compare_i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows_629315.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/eric-mccormack-2915_compare_i-m-never-one-to-compare-shows-to-shows_629315.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm never one to compare shows to shows.” — Eric McCormack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric McCormack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-got-the-male-lead-on-the-jenny/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show.” — Eric McCormack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric McCormack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before-but-they-were-finite-guest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/eric-mccormack-2915_character_i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before_745637.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/eric-mccormack-2915_character_i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before_745637.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/eric-mccormack-2915_character_i-had-played-many-gay-characters-before_745637.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters…” — Eric McCormack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mental illness is the last frontier. 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