Eric McCormack Quotes

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• I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
• As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important…
• I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.
• I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think…
• I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun…
• Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come…
• I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally…
• I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.
• I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.
• My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.
• My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.
• There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience.
• We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.
• When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.
• Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge…
• I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater…
• I like playing a character every day. I like having something to go back to. I always enjoyed that with 'Will & Grace.' I like…
• I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might…
• I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both…
• Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone…

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