As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms. Eric McCormack More Quotes by Eric McCormack More Quotes From Eric McCormack 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... Eric McCormack crazyhomejobs 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. Eric McCormack parentimportantuse I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older. Eric McCormack regretfunfather Seinfeld [show] had been so huge for me. It was one of those things where I discovered Seinfeld really early and was making sure everyone I knew was watching it. I would tape it on VHS and show it to people that hadn't seen the show yet. Eric McCormack tapeshowspeople 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. Eric McCormack smartbigscheer I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done. Eric McCormack realizingdonethinking 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. Eric McCormack eyecountrythinking [Townies] was a great springboard, obviously, because Jenna [Elfman] went from that to Dharma & Greg, and a few years later, Lauren [Graham] went to Gilmore Girls. Eric McCormack laurengirlyears I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. Eric McCormack tv-showsgaycharacter I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will). Eric McCormack get-wellfallthinking 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. Eric McCormack crewgracecharacter The things had been made a half a dozen times from silent pictures through the '30s and '40s. In fact, I think there's a version in the '50s. And then, of course, Spielberg eventually did a version of The Lost World, but this [filming] was '91, I think. And we shot it in Zimbabwe. Eric McCormack zimbabwehalfthinking 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 phrasesactorsyears Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge touchstone for me, my favorite musical for sure. Eric McCormack musicaltryingschool When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. Eric McCormack scriptsguygrace The Andromeda strain is a killer disease that they've got to prevent from spreading to being 100 percent contagious. It's another one where we're racing to save humanity. Eric McCormack racingdiseasehumanity We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny. Eric McCormack gaygraceworld 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. Eric McCormack episodesvoicegrace My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond. Eric McCormack wifenicereal [Jack Nash] was very different than anything I'd played. In fact, there's a scene I have in a tent with Louis Ferreira, who just did an episode of Travelers. He was in the fourth episode of Travelers playing another team leader, and we really have it out, not unlike the way we did in the tent in Andromeda. Eric McCormack teamdifferentleader
