We didn't, with 'Will & Grace,' set out to change the gay world. We just set out to be funny.

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

It was a film [The Lost World], and it's a sequel at the same time. The first shot on the first day was from the sequel to the movie they hadn't made yet. But yeah, it was a pretty amazing experience running around the jungle for that.

I'm never one to compare shows to shows.

The Andromeda strain is a killer disease that they've got to prevent from spreading to being 100 percent contagious. It's another one where we're racing to save humanity.

I was going to be the hero of the movie [The Lost World]. I had to speak up and be like, "Shouldn't I be the one doing that?

When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.