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" There weren't any funny people in sports or the Spanish club. All the really creative, witty, funny people that made your belly hurt were in the theater program. "

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" I consider myself an actor who is funny. "

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

" 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. "

" The thing about producing is that the pressure is off of being in front of the camera, and being critiqued and judged in that way, but there are other pressures producing. "

" I got 'Will & Grace,' and I thought, 'Oh, this is different. I don't know how to handle this. I'm not bright enough; I'm not quick enough, I don't have the DNA to be a spokesperson for any kind of group of people.' "

" I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out. "

" 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. "

" But I'm guessing every actor is insecure. "

" I have the most nervous stomach in the world. "

" Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for? "

" I grew up; I had a couple of dogs. "

" I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying - from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it's the funniest show on television. "

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

" When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead. "

" I like to be busy and I like to have places to go in the morning, when I get up. "

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" Everybody kind of looks to comedians and comedy for relief and a fresh breath about what is going on in the world. "

" No one could have ever dreamed about how well the show would do. "

" I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules. "

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

" You build a fan base over time, and they will accept you as long as it's good. Nothing matters as long as something's good. If it's bad, nobody will see it. "

" I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre. "

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

" 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. "

" My job was to play my character in the best way that I could, and hopefully people will enjoy that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms. "

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" It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda. "