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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. "

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" I didn't want the responsibility, I didn't know how to handle the responsibility of speaking for the gay community. I always felt like I owed them a huge apology for coming out too late. "

Sean Hayes

Responsibility

Know

Gay

" We had a cat in college named Chloe, and it was the most evil, awful cat in the world... When we left, we used to close the door, and its paw would come underneath and try to paw us. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Sean Hayes

You

Run

" 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.' "

" You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big. "

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

" Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play. "

Sean Hayes

Know

Life

" So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people. "

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

" I come from a completely dysfunctional alcoholic family, so we kind of parented ourselves a little bit. "

" I want to make people laugh first, and that's it. "

" You power through it word by word, line by line. "

" I have talent crushes on Fred Armisen and Kyle Mooney. "

" I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines. "

" We've always been interested in the commentary on politics and society and how comedy always sort of cuts that with a nice laugh, and the perspective it brings. "

" Through that, I got to know Jerry's work, and I am definitely his number-one fan right now, which is interesting because it usually works the other way around: you usually create a project based on your hero. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I consider myself an actor who is funny. "

" 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. "

" I'm a hamster person. "

Sean Hayes

Person

" I'm so boring and grounded, and I like quiet, and I like structure, and I like goals. I couldn't be more opposite from Jack McFarland. "

Sean Hayes

Goals

Quiet

" 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. "