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. – Sean Hayes
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. – Sean Hayes
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. – Sean Hayes
You don’t have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big. – Sean Hayes
Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play. – Sean Hayes
The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. – Sean Hayes
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. – Sean Hayes
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. – Sean Hayes
So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people. – Sean Hayes
Through that, I got to know Jerry’s work, and I am definitely his number-one fan right now, which is interesting because it usually works the other way around: you usually create a project based on your hero. – Sean Hayes
The thing about producing is that the pressure is off of being in front of the camera, and being critiqued and judged in that way, but there are other pressures producing. – Sean Hayes
And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before. – Sean Hayes
At the beginning of ‘Will and Grace’, I played Jack as the funny next-door-neighbor type, as we’ve seen in the past. And I thought that was my role. – Sean Hayes
