I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations. Eric Stonestreet More Quotes by Eric Stonestreet More Quotes From Eric Stonestreet I've had pets my whole life, and I grew up with pigs and cows. Eric Stonestreet cows pet pigs As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance. Eric Stonestreet actors different challenges Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there. Eric Stonestreet passionate names faces I've never lived in New York. I've never done a play off or on Broadway, so I think that's in my future. Have that experience - get a little apartment in the city and grow a beard and walk around with earbuds in my ears, and a stocking cap and a big giant scarf. Eric Stonestreet walk city future experience I took a sociology class, and I got an A in it. Then I found out you could get an emphasis in criminal justice. I wanted to be an administrator. Eric Stonestreet you sociology justice class I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened. Eric Stonestreet student great lazy class I like fresh and clean. I don't ever want anyone to smell me and say, 'Oh that guy is wearing a lot of cologne.' I want people to smell me and say, 'You smell really good!' I think there is a difference. Eric Stonestreet good me you people No, I'm not gay. Eric Stonestreet gay When I was a kid, I wanted to be a clown. I didn't want to be an actor, I wanted to join the circus and entertain people. Eric Stonestreet kid clown want people I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon. Eric Stonestreet icon never thought gay My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road. Eric Stonestreet road childhood dad business I have a Tinder account. Now I've done Bumble, and I've tried this other one, and the way I justified it is that... because I'm on TV, I shouldn't be eliminated from participating in what's going on in the world. But people are always like, 'I can't believe you're on a dating app!' Eric Stonestreet you believe people world I got dared to audition for a play by my best friend Paul. He got cast in 'Hamlet,' and I got cast in 'Prelude to a Kiss,' and that changed everything. Eric Stonestreet kiss friend best best-friend I'm always open to meeting people, but I would be lying if I didn't say that my trust issues have changed because of 'Modern Family.' Eric Stonestreet meeting trust family people All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and started looking at what was available - I obviously couldn't play Gloria; I couldn't play Claire. When I saw the character of Cam, I was like, 'I have to have a shot at this,' because I thought it was a character that would be really fun to play. Eric Stonestreet looking great family character I'm a full-contact actor, meaning that I love to act in my toes and in my fingers, and I just try to keep it surprising. Eric Stonestreet meaning just try love I'm an actor in that I just want to create roles and characters and play parts that people remember and like or dislike or hate. Eric Stonestreet hate want remember people On an animated television series, you pretty much read the script as written. Whereas on an animated feature, you'll sometimes record the same scene multiple times over the course of a year as the filmmakers continue to tweak that part of the movie. Eric Stonestreet year you sometimes television My job was to give 'The Secret Life of Pets' production team lots of options when it came to Duke. So that's what I always tried to do. Eric Stonestreet job always team life A lady passed me a note in Australia one time that said, 'My daughter gets bullied at school because she has two moms, and you know, we told her just to tell them to watch 'Modern Family.' Eric Stonestreet me family daughter time
