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" I actually like working with the other three actors on the show. "

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" I consider myself an actor who is funny. "

" When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead. "

" But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role. "

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

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

" I'm so boring and grounded, and I like quiet, and I like structure, and I like goals. I couldn't be more opposite from Jack McFarland. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I want to make people laugh first, and that's it. "

" I knew 'Promises,' and I knew 'Never Fall In Love Again,' only from the radio, from being a kid; and of course, that 'House is Not a Home' and 'Say A Little Prayer.' "

" 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. "

" I think the worst thing you could ever do is label comedy. I'm a fan of the broadness of Lucille Ball, the subtlety of Peter Sellers and the oddballness of Fred Armisen and the wittiness of Marty Short. I'm a fan of all of it, and I want to do all of it. "

" You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big. "

" Everybody kind of looks to comedians and comedy for relief and a fresh breath about what is going on in the world. "

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

" 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. "

" But I'm guessing every actor is insecure. "

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

" The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful. "

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

" I was anxious to get back to my life before 'Will & Grace.' You do need that time to find who you are again. Who am I without this? With fame, you can't help but lose yourself. You want to be the one who says, 'I'll always remain the same,' but it is humanly impossible to disallow fame to change you. "

" We had a cat in college named Chloe, and it was the most evil, awful cat in the world... When we left, we used to close the door, and its paw would come underneath and try to paw us. "

" I grew up; I had a couple of dogs. "

" I like common sense, to try and be the voice of reason at work. "

" I was the music director at a dinner theater called the 'Pheasant Run Theater' in the suburbs of Chicago, and that was my side gig while I acted. "

" I'm just quiet. It's fantastic. "

" No one could have ever dreamed about how well the show would do. "

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

" 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.' "