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" Not a big sci-fi guy. "
Eric McCormack
Sci-Fi
Big
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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. "
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" We see people talking to themselves all the time. We always have. Particularly if they're homeless people or at all questionable, there's a sense of, 'That guy's crazy!' I see that now with a much more empathetic eye. "
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" 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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" My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond. "
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Wife
Nice
Camper
" We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. "
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Funny
World
Will
" I knew I wanted to be an actor in first grade. "
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First Grade
Knew
Wanted
" I do love the stage, and that is incredibly rewarding. "
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Stage
Love
Incredibly
" I have to challenge the audience. "
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Audience
Challenge
" I think it's about finding the character you want to play and the people you want to work with. "
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Work
Think
Character
" You can write your own history. "
Eric McCormack
You
History
Own
" I saw 'Othello' with Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones. "
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Earl
Christopher
Saw
" Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself. "
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Myself
Epitaph
Challenge
" It's very strange - several years ago, I was in the running for the 'Young Frankenstein' musical. Kristin Chenoweth was going to do it, but then she backed out because she got 'Pushing Daisies' on TV, and then, the next day, I went in for my final-final audition, and I saw Megan Mullally standing there. "
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Day
Got
She
" When I was 16, I'd ping pong between AC/DC and Barry Manilow without any sense of irony. "
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Sense
Between
Any
" At home in L.A., Sunday is lazy. It's the wife and me lying in bed with coffee, watching 'The Soup' or something funny on TiVo. The kid will occasionally join us. Eventually, breakfast is at a place down the street called Paty's. And we always have some kind of great dinner - my wife makes a great roast beef. "
Eric McCormack
Dinner
Coffee
Wife
" It's hard in this business to get the opportunities to show off range. "
Eric McCormack
Opportunities
Show
Off
" It's very, very hard to create something that is big these days because you have niche markets - and, you don't necessarily need to be big; the show is specifically created for a small group of people. You know, if it's on the USA network, well, then a small group of people is fine. "
Eric McCormack
People
Group
Small
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
You
Life
Feel
" If you can last long enough, in success, you have to get really creative and come up with new stuff. "
Eric McCormack
Creative
You
Long
" I'm still mad at Josh Charles for dying on 'The Good Wife.' "
Eric McCormack
Dying
Good Wife
Mad
" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
Eric McCormack
Who
Find
Knew
" As much as I loved Pacino and De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms. I grew up on 'M*A*S*H' and 'All In The Family' and 'Cheers.' And then around this time - this would have been '95, '96 - I was so into 'Friends' and 'Mad About You,' the idea of being on a sitcom became a very real thing that I wanted. "
Eric McCormack
You
Family
Friends
" I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important. "
Eric McCormack
Talk
Fun
Funny
" When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. "
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Only
Guy
Grace
" There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience. "
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Live
Voice
Saying
" 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
" That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life. "
Eric McCormack
Tests
Walk
Life
" 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
" I haven't had a chance to play a quiet leading man in a while. "
Eric McCormack
Play
Quiet
Man
" I did a film a couple years ago called 'Who Is Clark Rockefeller?' It was a role that I was really proud of that I wish more people could go back and rediscover. "
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Wish
Film
People