I knew 'Promises,' and I knew 'Never Fall In Love Again,' only from the radio, from being a kid; and of course, that 'House is Not a Home' and 'Say A Little Prayer.'
— Sean Hayes
I was a piano major with Craig Robinson from 'The Office.' Me and Craig were very close in college at Illinois State University... It's so bizarre to see us out here now doing things.
Religion is constantly being talked about, debated, pondered, worried about.
We had a cat in college named Chloe, and it was the most evil, awful cat in the world... When we left, we used to close the door, and its paw would come underneath and try to paw us.
I consider myself an actor who is funny.
I'm consumed with what I didn't do. I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that.
I'm just quiet. It's fantastic.
I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism.
We learn our lessons only when we are ready.
I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.'
The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful.
You power through it word by word, line by line.
I want to make people laugh first, and that's it.
I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out.
I come from a completely dysfunctional alcoholic family, so we kind of parented ourselves a little bit.
I was the music director at a dinner theater called the 'Pheasant Run Theater' in the suburbs of Chicago, and that was my side gig while I acted.
I have talent crushes on Fred Armisen and Kyle Mooney.
Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for?
I never felt like I could be myself at home.
Everybody has a different definition of God. When people say, 'Do you believe?' I think they mean the Christian God. There are a lot of gods, so I think they cancel each other out.
I grew up; I had a couple of dogs.
I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again.
Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms.
I live my life like an 85-year-old man.
This isn't a dig on journalists, but people like to write about the 'death of blank.' The death of something.
I think the worst thing you could ever do is label comedy. I'm a fan of the broadness of Lucille Ball, the subtlety of Peter Sellers and the oddballness of Fred Armisen and the wittiness of Marty Short. I'm a fan of all of it, and I want to do all of it.
I like common sense, to try and be the voice of reason at work.
I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules.
It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda.
I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never.
I felt like I couldn't fully be myself and accepted in my family, so I would lock myself in my room on a Saturday night and watch 'Saturday Night Live,' and that was, like, the best thing that ever happened to me.
Everybody kind of looks to comedians and comedy for relief and a fresh breath about what is going on in the world.
I enjoy construction and the process of building things, so maybe I'd be a developer of some kind - residential and commercial. Because I produce a lot of television now, I enjoy building things from the ground up, whether it's a physical structure or a show, and seeing them and realizing them.
I was anxious to get back to my life before 'Will & Grace.' You do need that time to find who you are again. Who am I without this? With fame, you can't help but lose yourself. You want to be the one who says, 'I'll always remain the same,' but it is humanly impossible to disallow fame to change you.
I'm definitely an actor first, but it's fun to kind of, you know, push your boundaries and see if you can do things that have scared you a little bit your whole life.
There weren't any funny people in sports or the Spanish club. All the really creative, witty, funny people that made your belly hurt were in the theater program.
NBC programs great shows; it just doesn't have the eyeballs CBS does.
I'm a hamster person.
When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character.
I spend time with a special someone in my life. That's all I need; I don't need events. I don't do a lot.
I had all the Bill Cosby albums. 'To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With' - I knew every word.
I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines.
I'm so boring and grounded, and I like quiet, and I like structure, and I like goals. I couldn't be more opposite from Jack McFarland.
I had so many friends over the years - so many, out of the woodwork, telling me, 'When are you coming back to TV?'
When you don't have an interruption, there's a flow, so it's easier to memorize. Monologues are easier to memorize than dialogue.
My job was to play my character in the best way that I could, and hopefully people will enjoy that.
I didn't want the responsibility, I didn't know how to handle the responsibility of speaking for the gay community. I always felt like I owed them a huge apology for coming out too late.
Knowing you're gay, as a kid in the '80s, is a very scary thing.
We've always been interested in the commentary on politics and society and how comedy always sort of cuts that with a nice laugh, and the perspective it brings.
The only thing that's required of an actor for an audition is to memorize your sides with confident choices, and then the rest is not up to you. You're either right for a part or you're not.
