I was going to be the hero of the movie [The Lost World]. I had to speak up and be like, "Shouldn't I be the one doing that? Eric McCormack More Quotes by Eric McCormack More Quotes From Eric McCormack My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins. Eric McCormack most-romantic managers jobs Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. Eric McCormack bipolar modern-family gay At home in L.A., Sunday is lazy. It's the wife and me lying in bed with coffee, watching 'The Soup' or something funny on TiVo. The kid will occasionally join us. Eventually, breakfast is at a place down the street called Paty's. And we always have some kind of great dinner - my wife makes a great roast beef. Eric McCormack coffee home lying I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it. Eric McCormack accomplished would-be years Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come see my play, hed say, Sure. Hed see one, Oh, good play - you know, very typical dad reaction. Eric McCormack growing-up dad father I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important. Eric McCormack issues important fun I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through. Eric McCormack outsiders growing-up theatre [Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind of reporter that had a drug addiction. We start the story in rehab, and then he gets the roots of the story. I loved him. Eric McCormack addiction drug roots I really liked it [The Andromeda Strain], and I don't know that it ever had the effect they were hoping for. I don't know if they got the audience we were hoping for. But I thought it was very fun, and I loved the character [Jack Nash] I was playing. Eric McCormack andromeda fun character They [the Travelers] know everything about the year that they're coming into. But you can know everything and still be tripped up by the little stuff that you didn't notice. And one character's Facebook page is made up of lies. It's an interesting comment on what's been going on the last few months. We cannot rely anymore on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram. People are making up their own truths. Eric McCormack character lying years So this ["Grant MacLaren"] was a chance to sort of go back and do a more leading man. But instead of just solving crimes like a CSI show, this leading man is, like the other travelers, not who he appears. Eric McCormack csi chance men Brad Wright, who created Grant MacLaren, had me in mind. We'd actually worked together 20 years ago. He wrote an episode of The Outer Limits that I was in in '96 or '95? So we'd been aware of each other for years. I'd lived in Vancouver off and on, where he's based. And it just came to me, and I'm always looking for something different. Perception was a different show than Will & Grace. Eric McCormack grace mind years I'm never one to compare shows to shows. Eric McCormack compare shows 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. It was not so much a relief. It was really exciting. It's an amazing thing to be in front of an audience. Eric McCormack cheer real ideas 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 dramatic als actors The three main leads [in Townies] were Lauren [ Graham] and Jenna [Elfman] and Molly [Ringwald], and then Ron Livingston was on it as well. There was a lot of people to write funny stuff for. Eric McCormack three writing people [Townies] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for. Eric McCormack writing character thinking I had a couple of decent laughs on Townies, but for the most part, delivering a joke that you just know is not funny is hard. Eric McCormack decent couple laughing The thing you realize pretty quickly, though, is that being in front of an audience whose job it is to laugh is a big pressure if the writing is not hilarious. Eric McCormack writing jobs laughing In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show. Eric McCormack males pilots grace
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