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

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" 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'm a hamster person. "

" 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. "

" But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

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" I actually like working with the other three actors on the show. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" And I'm OK being judged as an actor. "