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" When you become a father, everything changes. "
Eric McCormack
Changes
You
Father
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" 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.' "
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" I have to challenge the audience. "
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" I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. "
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Playing
" I'm still mad at Josh Charles for dying on 'The Good Wife.' "
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" I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. "
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Gay
TV
" That was the only trepidation I had about 'Will & Grace.' It had nothing to do with the sexuality of the character. It was more, 'This could be the next 7 to 10 years of my life.' "
Eric McCormack
Nothing
Character
Grace
" Each one of us fulfills a piece of a larger puzzle. "
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Us
Larger
Puzzle
" 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. "
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People
History
Know
" 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. "
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People
Crazy
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.' "
Eric McCormack
Purpose
Great
Will
" My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond. "
Eric McCormack
Wife
Nice
Camper
" My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16. "
Eric McCormack
First
Manager
First Job
" When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. "
Eric McCormack
Only
Guy
Grace
" 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. "
Eric McCormack
You
Family
Friends
" 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
" If we're karaoke-ing, I'm as likely to do Aerosmith as I am 'Sweeney Todd'. "
Eric McCormack
Todd
Aerosmith
Am
" 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? "
Eric McCormack
Historical
Will
Future
" If you can last long enough, in success, you have to get really creative and come up with new stuff. "
Eric McCormack
Creative
You
Long
" I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one. "
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Big
Along
Cheers
" You can write your own history. "
Eric McCormack
You
History
Own
" 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
" We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. "
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Funny
World
Will
" I loved working with Cary Elwes, who is in 'The Princess Bride', one of my favorite films. He's a great guy. "
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Bride
Working
Great
" I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!' "
Eric McCormack
Who
Find
Knew
" 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
" 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. "
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Day
Back
Character
" I did 'The Commish' and an episode of 'Neon Rider,' and then I got the series called 'Street Justice,' which I ended up doing about 18 episodes of. "
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Street
Doing
Rider
" I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done. "
Eric McCormack
Done
AIDS
Lot
" I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me. "
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Always
Me
Bedroom
" 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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Will
Hard