Eric Stonestreet

I don't think I could keep my position as a well-standing man in the world if I thought there were roles for men and women. ”

My job was to give 'The Secret Life of Pets' production team lots of options when it came to Duke. So that's what I always tried to do. ”

Most people don't think of actors and people like us that are performers and out in the world as introverts, but I like to know I can trust someone first. ”

I'm always open to meeting people, but I would be lying if I didn't say that my trust issues have changed because of 'Modern Family.' ”

My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road. ”

Right outside of Kansas City is Leavenworth, and there are, like, five prisons there. It was kind of the tapestry of my childhood. I was always fascinated. I wanted to know what was behind those walls. ”

I'm a good boy! I do what I'm told; I'm on time. I'm always where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there. I don't mess around with other people's time and schedule. And I eat my vegetables. And my meats. And my carbs. And my dairy. ”

I tell people all the time that producers, writers, and directors really don't know what they want until it walks into the room - you have to show them what they want. Everyone is rooting for you when you walk into the room. Everyone wants you to be good because it means their day is over! ”

I probably became an actor because of my vivid imagination, and doing voice-over really sort of takes me back to that. ”

A lady passed me a note in Australia one time that said, 'My daughter gets bullied at school because she has two moms, and you know, we told her just to tell them to watch 'Modern Family.' ”