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" And I'd like to believe that's true, you know, kind of showing gay people in this kind of light and - where it's not about that, it's just about the characters for the first time, like those shows were. "

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" And I'm OK being judged as an actor. "

" I feel like I've contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if anyone wants to argue that, I'm open to it. You're welcome, 'Advocate.' "

" I spend time with a special someone in my life. That's all I need; I don't need events. I don't do a lot. "

" They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week. "

" Each individual human being has a lot of stuff that nobody knows about. Nobody knows what anybody else is going through at any point in their lives. "

" I had all the Bill Cosby albums. 'To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With' - I knew every word. "

" No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management. "

" When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character. "

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" I think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do is sit at home in front of the TV and check out. "

" I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines. "

" I have talent crushes on Fred Armisen and Kyle Mooney. "

" I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.' "

" I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules. "

" I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying - from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it's the funniest show on television. "

" I did, like, 30 or 40 commercials before 'Will & Grace' where I was the straight husband. I had two spots on the Super Bowl in 1998 where I was the straight dude. "

" The thing about producing is that the pressure is off of being in front of the camera, and being critiqued and judged in that way, but there are other pressures producing. "

" You power through it word by word, line by line. "

" Everybody has a different definition of God. When people say, 'Do you believe?' I think they mean the Christian God. There are a lot of gods, so I think they cancel each other out. "

" And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before. "

" I come from a completely dysfunctional alcoholic family, so we kind of parented ourselves a little bit. "

" So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people. "

" I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never. "

" I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again. "

" The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. "

" I never felt like I could be myself at home. "

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" I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism. "

" Nobody makes me laugh. "

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" I felt like I couldn't fully be myself and accepted in my family, so I would lock myself in my room on a Saturday night and watch 'Saturday Night Live,' and that was, like, the best thing that ever happened to me. "

" I got 'Will & Grace,' and I thought, 'Oh, this is different. I don't know how to handle this. I'm not bright enough; I'm not quick enough, I don't have the DNA to be a spokesperson for any kind of group of people.' "