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" The vote is the important thing. Just go and vote. "
Eric McCormack
Important
Just
Go
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" Show-wise, I love 'Little Shop' and 'Big River', 'Avenue Q,' and 'Spring Awakening'. "
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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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" 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. "
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You
Family
Friends
" The Trevor Project provides crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and young adults. It's truly a lifeline to so many young people who just need someone to listen to them. "
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Gay
People
Need
" 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
" You're damned in success a little bit. "
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Bit
You
Success
" That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life. "
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Tests
Walk
Life
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
See
Crazy
Eye
" We're definitely hoping 'Travelers' attracts more than just solely the sci-fi audience, too. There are so many elements here. I think this will be a show that women like, because there's a lot of unlikely romance in it between people who were in love 300 years from now, but they're in different bodies. "
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Think
Audience
Love
" 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
" 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
" I haven't had a chance to play a quiet leading man in a while. "
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Play
Quiet
Man
" I'm still a kid. I stretched it out. "
Eric McCormack
Stretched
Still
Kid
" 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
" My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond. "
Eric McCormack
Wife
Nice
Camper
" I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman. "
Eric McCormack
Woman
Black
Business
" Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation. "
Eric McCormack
Enough
Health
Men
" My second year of Ryerson, I still lived at my folks' place. I went to the attic to find some prop for a play I was doing. And I found a scrapbook dedicated to my father's years at Ryerson as an actor. He never mentioned it. "
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Never
Doing
Father
" Probably one of the most surreal moments of my career was acting in front of Notre Dame with a mime. "
Eric McCormack
Notre Dame
Moments
Career
" I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. "
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Does
Stuff
Playing
" 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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Feel
World
Want
" I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both countries. So much of the comedy that comes out of Canada is impersonation - it's less 'look at me' than it is 'look at me playing other people.' "
Eric McCormack
View
Me
People
" On Netflix and other streaming services, they're taking risks that are based on 'Come with us! Come with us!' and the audience does. "
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Risks
Taking Risks
Audience
" 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
" I'm not sure sometimes if it was because Will was gay or it was a sitcom. But that combination does make it hard to become the new lead on the 'Sopranos.' "
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Sometimes
Will
Hard
" Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself. "
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Myself
Epitaph
Challenge
" I hope that dog lovers around the world will support the Cruelty Free International global campaign to end the use of dogs in outdated and cruel experiments. "
Eric McCormack
Hope
Support
End
" I needed to start pulling at this other sort of funnier, lighter side. So I auditioned for everything. I auditioned for 'Friends,' even. "
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Side
Start
Other
" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
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Who
Find
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" Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, 'Hey, come see my play,' he'd say, 'Sure.' He'd see one, 'Oh, good play' - you know, very typical dad reaction. "
Eric McCormack
Father
Good
Growing Up