A biography for Sean Hayeshasn’t been written yet.
“Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?”
“I have talent crushes on Fred Armisen and Kyle Mooney.”
“The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful.”
“I had all the Bill Cosby albums. 'To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With' - I knew every word.”
“It's always comedy first on 'Will and Grace.' There was never any other agenda.”
“I come from a completely dysfunctional alcoholic family, so we kind of parented ourselves a little bit.”
“Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms.”
“I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules.”
“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.”
“I think the worst thing you could ever do is label comedy. I'm a fan of the broadness of Lucille Ball, the subtlety of Peter Sellers and the oddballness of Fred Armisen and the wittiness of Marty Short. I'm a fan of all of it, and I want to do all of it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I felt so much pressure to come out on other people's terms, you know? I should have come out.”
“The only thing that's required of an actor for an audition is to memorize your sides with confident choices, and then the rest is not up to you. You're either right for a part or you're not.”
“I got 'Will & Grace,' and I thought, 'Oh, this is different. I don't know how to handle this. I'm not bright enough; I'm not quick enough, I don't have the DNA to be a spokesperson for any kind of group of people.'”
“And I'm OK being judged as an actor.”
“You power through it word by word, line by line.”
“I spend time with a special someone in my life. That's all I need; I don't need events. I don't do a lot.”
“I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never.”
“I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines.”