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" I think the worst thing you could ever do is label comedy. I'm a fan of the broadness of Lucille Ball, the subtlety of Peter Sellers and the oddballness of Fred Armisen and the wittiness of Marty Short. I'm a fan of all of it, and I want to do all of it. "

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

Sean Hayes

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" Knowing you're gay, as a kid in the '80s, is a very scary thing. "

" 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.' "

" I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out. "

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

" We learn our lessons only when we are ready. "

" 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.' "

" Religion is constantly being talked about, debated, pondered, worried about. "

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

Sean Hayes

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" 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. "

" Through that, I got to know Jerry's work, and I am definitely his number-one fan right now, which is interesting because it usually works the other way around: you usually create a project based on your hero. "

" The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful. "

Sean Hayes

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" 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? "

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

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

" I'm definitely an actor first, but it's fun to kind of, you know, push your boundaries and see if you can do things that have scared you a little bit your whole life. "

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

" I consider myself an actor who is funny. "

" I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never. "

" I had so many friends over the years - so many, out of the woodwork, telling me, 'When are you coming back to TV?' "

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

" 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. "

" At the beginning of 'Will and Grace', I played Jack as the funny next-door-neighbor type, as we've seen in the past. And I thought that was my role. "

" When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character. "

Sean Hayes

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" Nobody makes me laugh. "

Sean Hayes

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" But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role. "

" 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. "

" I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre. "

" 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 think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do is sit at home in front of the TV and check out. "