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" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
Eric McCormack
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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. "
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" You can write your own history. "
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You
History
Own
" When you become a father, everything changes. "
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You
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" The Trevor Project provides crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and young adults. It's truly a lifeline to so many young people who just need someone to listen to them. "
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Gay
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Need
" Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge touchstone for me, my favorite musical for sure. "
Eric McCormack
Back
My Life
Life
" Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline. "
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You
Day
Funny
" 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
" I needed to start pulling at this other sort of funnier, lighter side. So I auditioned for everything. I auditioned for 'Friends,' even. "
Eric McCormack
Side
Start
Other
" 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
" I love learning language and ideas that I didn't know before and making them sound like my own. "
Eric McCormack
Know
Love
Learning
" 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
" I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. "
Eric McCormack
Many
Gay
TV
" Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the same as Britain. To have a gay character as a lead is risky. "
Eric McCormack
Gay
Character
Play
" That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life. "
Eric McCormack
Tests
Walk
Life
" I'm an actor. I can't afford to have a type. I love to mix it up. "
Eric McCormack
Up
Mix
Love
" 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
" Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself. "
Eric McCormack
Myself
Epitaph
Challenge
" It's hard in this business to get the opportunities to show off range. "
Eric McCormack
Opportunities
Show
Off
" We see people talking to themselves all the time. We always have. Particularly if they're homeless people or at all questionable, there's a sense of, 'That guy's crazy!' I see that now with a much more empathetic eye. "
Eric McCormack
See
Crazy
Eye
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Years
Working
Me
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Day
Got
She
" Probably one of the most surreal moments of my career was acting in front of Notre Dame with a mime. "
Eric McCormack
Notre Dame
Moments
Career
" Each one of us fulfills a piece of a larger puzzle. "
Eric McCormack
Us
Larger
Puzzle
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Big
Along
Cheers
" Show-wise, I love 'Little Shop' and 'Big River', 'Avenue Q,' and 'Spring Awakening'. "
Eric McCormack
Spring
Big
Avenue
" I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done. "
Eric McCormack
Done
AIDS
Lot
" I could probably eat sushi every day. "
Eric McCormack
Sushi
Every
Eat
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
Woman
Black
Business
" 'Monk''s gone, and 'House' is gone. Maybe I can pick up where they left off. "
Eric McCormack
Gone
House
I Can
" If you're doing an hour-long show, you're working movie hours, doing a 12-15-hour day. We work three or four hours a day, and get every third or fourth week off to give the writers time to write. It's the cushiest job in Hollywood. "
Eric McCormack
Work
Week
You