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. Eric McCormack More Quotes by Eric McCormack More Quotes From Eric McCormack I made Lost World in September of '91, and by the end of that year, I was living in Toronto. Eric McCormack toronto world years When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property and was turning it into this series - she brought in a lot of old friends - Diahann Carroll and Billy Dee Williams and Dennis Weaver. And we had an interesting collection off the top of these old seasoned actors. Billy Dee was lovely and iconic. Eric McCormack lonesome-dove old-friends interesting That was my big break [Lonesome Dove]. My first real kind of adult role on something really well-written. It was a spin-off of the miniseries, and I played Col. Mosby, a very dangerous, Southern colonel in post-Civil War, wandering the West. Eric McCormack southern real war Back then, all the networks were still making a movie a week, virtually. So I did five of them that year. So it was just a nonstop... '92 was a great, nonstop ride in Vancouver. Eric McCormack vancouver week years I remember I had scenes with Melinda McGraw in "Ides Of March" that I didn't have in "Video Vigilante," but I can't quite picture that other character. But it was Vancouver, and that year was crazy Eric McCormack crazy character years I think they [TV productions] were just kind of drying up. I'd done a couple of episodes, but nothing was happening. So I went to Vancouver to visit a buddy and see what was going on, and that year was crazy. Vancouver was on fire at that point. It was all these Stephen J. Cannell productions - The Commish being one of them - and in one I was a bartender, and I think I had five lines. Eric McCormack crazy couple thinking I'd never been to Africa. This really was my first film [The Lost World]. I'd done 10 years of stage. I'd done a little bit of television. But this was my first film. Eric McCormack done television years Often, particularly with voices, you're hearing horrible things, demon voices, and voices telling them that they're not worth it or that they're going to kill somebody. In those moments, they're overcoming things. Eric McCormack hearing voice overcoming I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. The fun of playing an assassin is that I've never killed anybody. The fun of playing a brilliant musician is that I don't actually play any instruments. Eric McCormack musician play fun Each one of us fulfills a piece of a larger puzzle. Eric McCormack puzzle piece each us I could probably eat sushi every day. Eric McCormack eat every-day day sushi Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation. Eric McCormack health enough conversation men The vote is the important thing. Just go and vote. Eric McCormack just go vote important The States doesn't think much about Canada, but we're attached. We're like Siamese twins. We can't do things - you can't roll over in the American bed without waking up the Canadians. It matters. Eric McCormack things think you canada When you become a father, everything changes. Eric McCormack everything-changes changes you father You can write your own history. Eric McCormack your own you history I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact. Eric McCormack without place me world 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. Eric McCormack queen someone gay character But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy. Eric McCormack you time life son That's an amazing feeling, to walk onstage, and you're not thinking about anything, you're not thinking about your lines or what you're supposed to do - your body, your brain knows, so there's freedom. There's not fear, there's not nerves. Eric McCormack walk you freedom fear
