Eric McCormack Quotes

I don't know what my next dream role gig is, but I have so, so many shows that I'm like, 'Oh my God, can I guest star on 'New Girl?' Like, that would be amazing!'

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.

I hadn't done comedy before 'Fresh Meat' - I hadn't really been seen that way, and then 'Fresh Meat' came out, and suddenly a lot more comedy scripts were coming my way, which was really great.

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.

I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

I always wanted to be on a sitcom.

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.

I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.

I wanted to be a dramatic actor. I never realized I was funny until I was 20-something.

'Perception' was a different show than 'Will & Grace'. 'Will & Grace' was obviously a different show than anything I'd done before.

I love Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' - he's very good. And the 'Modern Family' cast just cracks me up.

I was on 'That '70s Show' as the sexy nurse. I like that show, but I hated my character. I was like, 'I will never do anything like this again in my life. I feel crazy.'

Even more than the comedy thing, I really wanted to be an actor.

I was genuinely shocked to even be in the frame for a sitcom role on British TV.

I had trouble hanging around [Shelley Long] until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on a pilot of that prank show called 'Boiling Points' on MTV.

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.

I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.