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" 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
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" Show-wise, I love 'Little Shop' and 'Big River', 'Avenue Q,' and 'Spring Awakening'. "
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" I love learning language and ideas that I didn't know before and making them sound like my own. "
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" When you become a father, everything changes. "
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" But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy. "
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Life
Feel
" As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me. "
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" When I was 16, I'd ping pong between AC/DC and Barry Manilow without any sense of irony. "
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" 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. "
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" 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
" I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. "
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Does
Stuff
Playing
" The States doesn't think much about Canada, but we're attached. We're like Siamese twins. We can't do things - you can't roll over in the American bed without waking up the Canadians. It matters. "
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Bed
Canada
Think
" This 'historical record' will exist, flawed as it is, in hundreds of years. What will that tell the future? How accurate are we reporting our lives? "
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Historical
Will
Future
" If you can last long enough, in success, you have to get really creative and come up with new stuff. "
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You
Long
" I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will). "
Eric McCormack
Better
You
Think
" I love everybody at TNT, and they were totally behind 'Trust Me.' I totally loved that show. I feel like it should have had more life. "
Eric McCormack
Me
Loved
Love
" 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
" I always kind of dreamed locally - I never really ever dream that I would be south of the border; I dreamed about being a theatre star in Toronto, and maybe I'd do Stratford and regional stuff. I always thought it would be a slow growth. "
Eric McCormack
Thought
Theatre
Dream
" Because I had three years on 'Perception,' I think I succeeded in showing I can do other things, and I can create a different audience, even from people who loved 'Will & Grace.' "
Eric McCormack
Think
Perception
Grace
" I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition. "
Eric McCormack
Like
Actor
Always
" 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 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. "
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Years
Working
Me
" Not a big sci-fi guy. "
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Sci-Fi
Big
Guy
" My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16. "
Eric McCormack
First
Manager
First Job
" I feel like 'Travelers' is something I can legitimately say, 'You're going to love this.' I think then people will accept me as a different thing. And if they don't, it's fun trying. "
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Me
People
Fun
" 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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Lawyer
Forensics
Want
" 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. "
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Work
Week
You
" With these scripts and these writers, so much of it is done for me. Because we don't just throw words around: we make sure the audience understands. "
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Because
Words
Me
" I know where TNT's sweet spot is, and when I read 'Perception,' I thought, 'This is a chance to play a fascinating, fun, challenging character but still within the realm of something that will sit very well with 'The Closer' and 'Major Crimes' and the other shows there.' "
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Chance
Fun
Character
" Probably one of the most surreal moments of my career was acting in front of Notre Dame with a mime. "
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Notre Dame
Moments
Career
" I haven't had a chance to play a quiet leading man in a while. "
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