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" 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.' "

Sean Hayes

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" I consider myself an actor who is funny. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you don't have an interruption, there's a flow, so it's easier to memorize. Monologues are easier to memorize than dialogue. "

" Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play. "

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" My job was to play my character in the best way that I could, and hopefully people will enjoy that. "

" When I play a gay character, I want to be as believable as possible. And when I'm playing a straight character, I also want to be as believable as possible. So the less that people know about my personal life, the more believable I can be as a character. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life? "

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

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

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

" This isn't a dig on journalists, but people like to write about the 'death of blank.' The death of something. "

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" 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. "

" Nobody makes me laugh. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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'm consumed with what I didn't do. I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that. "

" I'm a hamster person. "

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" 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 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.' "