Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet
Eric Allen Stonestreet is an American actor, best known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 September 1971
CityKansas City, KS
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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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.
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I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened.
I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.
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Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.
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Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.
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Remember that the old lady who's taking forever in line is someone's grandma
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I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.
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My mom's passionate and energetic and very funny and enthusiastic.
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Quickly you learn it's way better to have fans talking and caring about you than not.
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TV is definitely easier hours.
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Im a regular dude from Kansas who grew up with pigs and cows.
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America is a great place, speech is free and you're able to expose the fact that you're an idiot,
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All I've ever wanted to do is entertain people - make them laugh, think, smile, feel creeped out or scared; whatever it is. I'm getting the opportunity to do that in various roles.