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" 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.' "

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Woman

Saying

Beginning

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

" 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. "

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Goals

Quiet

" I have the most nervous stomach in the world. "

" 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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Write

Dig

" 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. "

" Each individual human being has a lot of stuff that nobody knows about. Nobody knows what anybody else is going through at any point in their lives. "

" You power through it word by word, line by line. "

" It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda. "

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

" Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for? "

" 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. "

" There weren't any funny people in sports or the Spanish club. All the really creative, witty, funny people that made your belly hurt were in the theater program. "

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

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

" Nobody makes me laugh. "

Sean Hayes

Laugh

Makes

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 consider myself an actor who is funny. "

" I was a piano major with Craig Robinson from 'The Office.' Me and Craig were very close in college at Illinois State University... It's so bizarre to see us out here now doing things. "

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

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

" Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms. "

Sean Hayes

People

Some People

" I live my life like an 85-year-old man. "

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

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