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" 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. "

Sean Hayes

Perspective

Politics

Society

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Sean Hayes

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" 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 enjoy construction and the process of building things, so maybe I'd be a developer of some kind - residential and commercial. Because I produce a lot of television now, I enjoy building things from the ground up, whether it's a physical structure or a show, and seeing them and realizing them. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I live my life like an 85-year-old man. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm definitely an actor first, but it's fun to kind of, you know, push your boundaries and see if you can do things that have scared you a little bit your whole life. "

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

" 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? "

" I feel like I've contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if anyone wants to argue that, I'm open to it. You're welcome, 'Advocate.' "

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

Sean Hayes

Places

Busy

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

" 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. "

" No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management. "

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

" I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I felt like I couldn't fully be myself and accepted in my family, so I would lock myself in my room on a Saturday night and watch 'Saturday Night Live,' and that was, like, the best thing that ever happened to me. "

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

Sean Hayes

Never

Myself

" 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

" They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week. "

" I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism. "

" 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. "