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> [ I jump out of the boat \[in The Lost World\], and I'm trying to swim to the kid, and my boots fill with water, and I start to drown, and the director has no idea why I'm flailing around. He's,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/i-jump-out-of-the-boat-in-the-lost-world-and-i-m-trying-to-swim-to/)

[Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/)

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## 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/)

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