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" I didn't want to do a lawyer. I didn't want to do forensics. I didn't want to work in an ER. "
Eric McCormack
Lawyer
Forensics
Want
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" The vote is the important thing. Just go and vote. "
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" I feel like 'Travelers' is something I can legitimately say, 'You're going to love this.' I think then people will accept me as a different thing. And if they don't, it's fun trying. "
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" Shelter dogs should be adopted into loving homes, not used in cruel experiments. That's why I support the Cruelty Free International global dog campaign. "
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Dog
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Support
" 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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Never
Doing
Father
" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
Eric McCormack
Who
Find
Knew
" I needed to start pulling at this other sort of funnier, lighter side. So I auditioned for everything. I auditioned for 'Friends,' even. "
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Side
Start
Other
" 'Monk''s gone, and 'House' is gone. Maybe I can pick up where they left off. "
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Gone
House
I Can
" When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. "
Eric McCormack
Only
Guy
Grace
" I think it's about finding the character you want to play and the people you want to work with. "
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Work
Think
Character
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Parent
Image
Power
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Live
Voice
Saying
" Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline. "
Eric McCormack
You
Day
Funny
" My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins. "
Eric McCormack
Manager
Romantic
Most
" 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 with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important. "
Eric McCormack
Talk
Fun
Funny
" At home in L.A., Sunday is lazy. It's the wife and me lying in bed with coffee, watching 'The Soup' or something funny on TiVo. The kid will occasionally join us. Eventually, breakfast is at a place down the street called Paty's. And we always have some kind of great dinner - my wife makes a great roast beef. "
Eric McCormack
Dinner
Coffee
Wife
" We're definitely hoping 'Travelers' attracts more than just solely the sci-fi audience, too. There are so many elements here. I think this will be a show that women like, because there's a lot of unlikely romance in it between people who were in love 300 years from now, but they're in different bodies. "
Eric McCormack
Think
Audience
Love
" Putting my head on Ruth Buzzi's body - it's upsetting. "
Eric McCormack
Ruth
Body
Head
" In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter. "
Eric McCormack
Future
Age
Become
" Show-wise, I love 'Little Shop' and 'Big River', 'Avenue Q,' and 'Spring Awakening'. "
Eric McCormack
Spring
Big
Avenue
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Me
Loved
Love
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Thought
Theatre
Dream
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Father
Good
Growing Up
" Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. "
Eric McCormack
Change
Now
Life
" Not a big sci-fi guy. "
Eric McCormack
Sci-Fi
Big
Guy
" 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.' "
Eric McCormack
Purpose
Great
Will
" You can write your own history. "
Eric McCormack
You
History
Own
" 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. "
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Big
Along
Cheers
" That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life. "
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Tests
Walk
Life
" I'm still mad at Josh Charles for dying on 'The Good Wife.' "
Eric McCormack
Dying
Good Wife
Mad
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Because
Words
Me