Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormackis a Canadian-American actor, musician, and writer. Born in Toronto, he began his acting career performing in high school plays. He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in numerous play productions...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth18 April 1963
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
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The number of people in the Midwest that now watch a show with two gay characters, I think, is remarkable." ()
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It just didn't happen. The next thing you know, the gay of the show is allowed to have its own life. It was not something we had to hide or play up too much." ()
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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.
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I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
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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.
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We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.
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I've gone to NBC every year and said, 'If you're going to move us, could you tell people?' But I think NBC took a laissez-faire attitude." ()
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I've earned it. The character's earned it. The show's earned it." ()
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Every week we have 300 people who line up to see us live. Part of the kick of a sitcom is it is in front of an audience. It is just a small audience every week. This time the audience will be America. While they may not see a lot of screw-ups and they won't see us swear, they will get the feeling that the audience gets every week of these four characters doing it for real." ()
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We showed we could do a funny show without a boyfriend and be funny," ()
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When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.
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First of all, nobody wants to see sitcom characters have sex. I didn't even want to see the Sex and the City girls have sex. This is not why I watch a comedy." ()
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Some television critics don't like us anymore, ... Well, maybe you don't, but our peers do!" ()
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Some television critics don't like us anymore," ()