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" 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. "

Eric McCormack

Think

Audience

Love

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" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "

" Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. "

" 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. "

" As I got older, I realized that my life experience, what I really had, was always going to be more valuable than what I pretended to have. "

Eric McCormack

My Life

Always

" 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. "

" 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that dog lovers around the world will support the Cruelty Free International global campaign to end the use of dogs in outdated and cruel experiments. "

" There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience. "

" Particularly in television, we can stereotype ourselves. You realize that we all have a lot of voices in our head. We have angry voices, we have voices of doubt, and we have moments of strength. "

" 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. "

" I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition. "

Eric McCormack

Actor

Always

" It's a different world now. Guest-starring on a TV show is not some indication that things aren't going right anymore. "

" I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. "

Eric McCormack

Many

Gay

" I have to challenge the audience. "

Eric McCormack

Audience

Challenge

" I didn't want to do a lawyer. I didn't want to do forensics. I didn't want to work in an ER. "

" 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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" I like playing a character every day. I like having something to go back to. I always enjoyed that with 'Will & Grace.' I like the camaraderie. I like having a crew that I know and I can work with every day. "

" 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.' "

" We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. "

" There was a time when history was written by a few people, the winners. Now, history is written by all of us all the time... That's the thing we keep telling our 14-year-olds, you know: anything you do right now, it's not going anywhere. "

" 'Monk''s gone, and 'House' is gone. Maybe I can pick up where they left off. "

" When I was 16, I'd ping pong between AC/DC and Barry Manilow without any sense of irony. "

" Will Truman will be on my epitaph, but as an actor, I have to challenge myself. "

" 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. "

Eric McCormack

Loved

Love

" 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. "

" I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important. "

" 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. "

" 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? "