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
begin episode studio
There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience.
denial
I think we're in denial a little bit." ()
critics maybe peers television
Some television critics don't like us anymore, ... Well, maybe you don't, but our peers do!" ()
critics television
Some television critics don't like us anymore," ()
characters
I think we may see a lot of the old characters come back." ()
earned
I've earned it. The character's earned it. The show's earned it." ()
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.
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).
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.
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." ()
driven knew lead life prolific rare ready settled sitcom time turned
But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy.