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" 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. "

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

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

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

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" The only thing that's required of an actor for an audition is to memorize your sides with confident choices, and then the rest is not up to you. You're either right for a part or you're not. "

" 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. "

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

" Nobody makes me laugh. "

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

" When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I'm a hamster person. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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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" I'm just quiet. It's fantastic. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You build a fan base over time, and they will accept you as long as it's good. Nothing matters as long as something's good. If it's bad, nobody will see it. "

" 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.' "