Quotes from Sean Hayes

I'm just quiet. It's fantastic.

And I'd like to believe that's true, you know, kind of showing gay people in this kind of light and - where it's not about that, it's just about the characters for the first time, like those shows were.

They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.

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.

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.

When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead.

I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never.

I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying - from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it's the funniest show on television.

It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda.

I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.'

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

My job was to play my character in the best way that I could, and hopefully people will enjoy that.

I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again.

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 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.

I like to be busy and I like to have places to go in the morning, when I get up.

I think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do is sit at home in front of the TV and check out.

When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead.

Everybody kind of looks to comedians and comedy for relief and a fresh breath about what is going on in the world.

But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role.

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.

But I'm guessing every actor is insecure.

So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people.