Eric Stonestreet

I like to be at a party and be a quiet observer, be in conversation. I wouldn't say I was a class clown growing up, but I would definitely sit back in class and take snipes at the teacher. ”

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man. ”

The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my No. 1 goal. ”

I took a sociology class, and I got an A in it. Then I found out you could get an emphasis in criminal justice. I wanted to be an administrator. ”

My mom has this ugly Santa ornament, and one year, I took it off the tree and clipped it to her pillow. We've been trading it back and forth ever since - 16 years now. I wore it to the Golden Globes and even put it in her bird feeder. As the birds eat, it's slowly revealed. ”

On an animated television series, you pretty much read the script as written. Whereas on an animated feature, you'll sometimes record the same scene multiple times over the course of a year as the filmmakers continue to tweak that part of the movie. ”

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a clown. I didn't want to be an actor, I wanted to join the circus and entertain people. ”

I'm an actor in that I just want to create roles and characters and play parts that people remember and like or dislike or hate. ”

I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened. ”

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon. ”