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" I could probably eat sushi every day. "
Eric McCormack
Sushi
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Eat
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" 'Monk''s gone, and 'House' is gone. Maybe I can pick up where they left off. "
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" I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. "
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" Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation. "
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" I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman. "
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" Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself. "
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" 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 for ten years before I ever had a TV audition. "
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" I did a film a couple years ago called 'Who Is Clark Rockefeller?' It was a role that I was really proud of that I wish more people could go back and rediscover. "
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" I love everybody at TNT, and they were totally behind 'Trust Me.' I totally loved that show. I feel like it should have had more life. "
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" 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; no Will Truman here.' "
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" I loved working with Cary Elwes, who is in 'The Princess Bride', one of my favorite films. He's a great guy. "
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" 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 for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it. "
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" That was the only trepidation I had about 'Will & Grace.' It had nothing to do with the sexuality of the character. It was more, 'This could be the next 7 to 10 years of my life.' "
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Character
Grace
" Certainly 'Lonesome Dove' would be way hard now, because, I mean, back then I wasn't married. I didn't have kids. "
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Because
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" With these scripts and these writers, so much of it is done for me. Because we don't just throw words around: we make sure the audience understands. "
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Words
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" On Netflix and other streaming services, they're taking risks that are based on 'Come with us! Come with us!' and the audience does. "
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Risks
Taking Risks
Audience
" It's very, very hard to create something that is big these days because you have niche markets - and, you don't necessarily need to be big; the show is specifically created for a small group of people. You know, if it's on the USA network, well, then a small group of people is fine. "
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People
Group
Small
" I always kind of dreamed locally - I never really ever dream that I would be south of the border; I dreamed about being a theatre star in Toronto, and maybe I'd do Stratford and regional stuff. I always thought it would be a slow growth. "
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Thought
Theatre
Dream
" Not a big sci-fi guy. "
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Big
Guy
" The States doesn't think much about Canada, but we're attached. We're like Siamese twins. We can't do things - you can't roll over in the American bed without waking up the Canadians. It matters. "
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Bed
Canada
Think
" 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 see my play,' he'd say, 'Sure.' He'd see one, 'Oh, good play' - you know, very typical dad reaction. "
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Growing Up
" 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 to me. "
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Power
" It's very strange - several years ago, I was in the running for the 'Young Frankenstein' musical. Kristin Chenoweth was going to do it, but then she backed out because she got 'Pushing Daisies' on TV, and then, the next day, I went in for my final-final audition, and I saw Megan Mullally standing there. "
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" I do love the stage, and that is incredibly rewarding. "
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Incredibly
" My second year of Ryerson, I still lived at my folks' place. I went to the attic to find some prop for a play I was doing. And I found a scrapbook dedicated to my father's years at Ryerson as an actor. He never mentioned it. "
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" It's a different world now. Guest-starring on a TV show is not some indication that things aren't going right anymore. "
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World
Some
" My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16. "
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First Job
" The vote is the important thing. Just go and vote. "
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Just
Go
" I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. "
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" I'm still a kid. I stretched it out. "
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