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" Nobody makes me laugh. "
Sean Hayes
Laugh
Makes
Me
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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. "
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" Everybody has a different definition of God. When people say, 'Do you believe?' I think they mean the Christian God. There are a lot of gods, so I think they cancel each other out. "
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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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You
Worst
" I'm consumed with what I didn't do. I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that. "
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Sorry
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" I actually like working with the other three actors on the show. "
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Other
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" 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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Like
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" 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. "
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Time
Special
Need
" 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. "
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Human Being
Human
Nobody
" I was the music director at a dinner theater called the 'Pheasant Run Theater' in the suburbs of Chicago, and that was my side gig while I acted. "
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Chicago
Run
Music
" 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.' "
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Love
Say
Fall
" 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. "
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Home
My Life
Think
" 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. "
Sean Hayes
Just Because
Think
Down
" 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. "
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Right
Rest
Confident
" I grew up; I had a couple of dogs. "
Sean Hayes
Grew
Had
Dogs
" And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before. "
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You
Yourself
College
" 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
Help
Your
Life
" I had so many friends over the years - so many, out of the woodwork, telling me, 'When are you coming back to TV?' "
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Back
Over
Years
" When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead. "
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Had
Mom
Forehead
" I had all the Bill Cosby albums. 'To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With' - I knew every word. "
Sean Hayes
Slept
Every
Brother
" And I'm OK being judged as an actor. "
Sean Hayes
Actor
Being Judged
Being
" I was anxious to get back to my life before 'Will & Grace.' You do need that time to find who you are again. Who am I without this? With fame, you can't help but lose yourself. You want to be the one who says, 'I'll always remain the same,' but it is humanly impossible to disallow fame to change you. "
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Change
Time
Yourself
" But I'm guessing every actor is insecure. "
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Guessing
Insecure
Actor
" We learn our lessons only when we are ready. "
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Learn
Ready
Our
" 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. "
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Think
" I live my life like an 85-year-old man. "
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Man
Life
" It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda. "
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Comedy
Will
Never
" 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. "
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Play
Gay
Know
" You power through it word by word, line by line. "
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You
Line
Power
" I like common sense, to try and be the voice of reason at work. "
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Reason
Voice
Try
" I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre. "
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Anything
Genre
Love