Every Actor Has Periods Of Their Life

Most People, If You Live In A Big City, You See Some Form Of Schizophrenia Every Day, And It’s Always In The Form Of Someone Homeless. “look At That Guy - He’s Crazy. He Looks Dangerous.” Well, He’s On The Streets Because Of Mental Illness. He Probably Had A Job And A Home...

Seinfeld [show] Had Been So Huge For Me. It Was One Of Those Things Where I Discovered Seinfeld Really Early And Was Making Sure Everyone I Knew Was Watching It. I Would Tape It On Vhs And Show It To People That Hadn't Seen The Show Yet.

Brad Wright, Who Created Grant Maclaren, Had Me In Mind. We'd Actually Worked Together 20 Years Ago. He Wrote An Episode Of The Outer Limits That I Was In In '96 Or '95? So We'd Been Aware Of Each Other For Years. I'd Lived In Vancouver Off And On, Where He's Based. And It Just Came To Me, And I'm Always Looking For Something Different. Perception Was A Different Show Than Will & Grace.

I Jump Out Of The Boat [in The Lost World], And I'm Trying To Swim To The Kid, And My Boots Fill With Water, And I Start To Drown, And The Director Has No Idea Why I'm Flailing Around. He's, "come On, Come On!" And I Managed To Rescue Myself. I'm Wet And Sitting On The Banks Of The River, And John Walks Over To Me And Says, "are You All Right, Dear Boy?" "yeah, I'm All Right."

I Grew Up On M*a*s*h And All In The Family And Cheers. And Then Around This Time, This Would Have Been '95, '96, I Was So Into Friends And Mad About You, The Idea Of Being On A Sitcom Became A Very Real Thing That I Wanted. It Was Not So Much A Relief. It Was Really Exciting. It's An Amazing Thing To Be In Front Of An Audience.