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" 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
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" In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter. "
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" Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation. "
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" I loved working with Cary Elwes, who is in 'The Princess Bride', one of my favorite films. He's a great guy. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I understudied Colm Feore quite a bit in '85 and '86 - 'Persephone' and 'The Boys from Syracuse,' too - and that was great, great training for me. He was and he is an amazing theatre actor. "
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" It's hard in this business to get the opportunities to show off range. "
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" I've had to take roles that on purpose were not Will-like so that someone like 'The Hollywood Reporter' would write, 'McCormack shows great range; no Will Truman here.' "
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" Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. "
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Now
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" I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through. "
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Growing Up
Me
Theatre
" You can write your own history. "
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You
History
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" 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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" I would come home with my friend Bill, and we would sit and watch 'Get Smart.' And I was Agent 44, and he was Agent 85. And it was a fantastic - and all we wanted to do was sleep with Barbara Feldon. "
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Home
Sleep
Sit
" I love learning language and ideas that I didn't know before and making them sound like my own. "
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Know
Love
Learning
" I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done. "
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Done
AIDS
Lot
" You're damned in success a little bit. "
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Bit
You
Success
" 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 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. "
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Thought
Theatre
Dream
" That was the only trepidation I had about 'Will & Grace.' It had nothing to do with the sexuality of the character. It was more, 'This could be the next 7 to 10 years of my life.' "
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" I'm an actor. I can't afford to have a type. I love to mix it up. "
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" 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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" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
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" 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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" 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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Want
" If you can last long enough, in success, you have to get really creative and come up with new stuff. "
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" We want all LGBTQ kids to grow up in a world where they feel safe and equal to their straight peers. "
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" 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. "
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