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
script
When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.
boyfriend funny
We showed we could do a funny show without a boyfriend and be funny," ()
change funny
We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.
nice real wife
My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.
gay grace world
We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.
school musical trying
Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd' was a huge touchstone for me, my favorite musical for sure.
get-well fall thinking
I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).
cheer smart bigs
I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.
gay modern-family everyday
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.
parent important actors
As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.
growing-up theatre outsiders
I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.
growing-up dad father
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.
amazing brain fear freedom lines supposed thinking walk
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.
hamlet might ok perhaps realise
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." ()