Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" 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.' "

Sean Hayes

Love

Say

Fall

" I had so many friends over the years - so many, out of the woodwork, telling me, 'When are you coming back to TV?' "

" At the beginning of 'Will and Grace', I played Jack as the funny next-door-neighbor type, as we've seen in the past. And I thought that was my role. "

" 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. "

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

" I never felt like I could be myself at home. "

Sean Hayes

Never

Myself

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character. "

Sean Hayes

Play

Gay

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

" This isn't a dig on journalists, but people like to write about the 'death of blank.' The death of something. "

Sean Hayes

Write

Dig

" The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. "

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

" 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 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

" Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life? "

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

" I was anxious to get back to my life before 'Will & Grace.' You do need that time to find who you are again. Who am I without this? With fame, you can't help but lose yourself. You want to be the one who says, 'I'll always remain the same,' but it is humanly impossible to disallow fame to change you. "

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

Sean Hayes

Places

Busy

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

" 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. "

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

" And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before. "