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John C. McGinley

American Actor

Born: Aug 3, 1959

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I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, 'I really want to play this guy!' John C. McGinley

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I knew I wanted to play 'Dr Cox' really bad, which is always a huge mistake because as soon as you want something really bad, maybe you rip up a little bit. John C. McGinley

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold. John C. McGinley

Great Heart Strong Leader Gold Actor Play

I have mixed feelings about 'Car 54, Where Are You?' Because we shot it as a musical and whoever the studio head was at Orion, or whoever the powers that be were, cut all but, like, two musical numbers out of it. That is the same as cutting the musical numbers out of 'The Wizard Of Oz'; it wouldn't be that interesting. John C. McGinley

You Car Feelings Musical Out About Studio Head Like Powers Because Wizard Wizard Of Oz Were Mixed Mixed Feelings Same Where Oz Interesting Cut Cutting Shot Whoever Two Numbers

I got the pilot for 'Scrubs' sent to me, and in the margin for Dr. Cox, it said 'a John McGinley type.' So when I went in to audition, I said to Billy Lawrence, who's a dear friend of mine, I said, 'Well, I'm John McGinley.' John C. McGinley

Me Pilot Type Mine John Lawrence Well Said Got Dear Audition Dear Friend Friend Cox Sent Scrub Billy Dr Margin

I'm a homebody. If I'm not working I'm with my family being a dad. John C. McGinley

Family Being Working Homebody Dad

I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty! John C. McGinley

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Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid by those who cavalierly chose to verbally disrespect the dignity of African Americans, Jews, women and homosexuals is steep. John C. McGinley

Dignity Women Language Will Disrespect Jews Those Respond Constituents Directed Steep Price NAACP League Like Verbally American African African Americans Paid Who Groups Chose Now Homosexuals

I don't want to be the guy who goes, 'Oh yeah, blah blah blah... everyone freaking well knows me.' Because that's not the case. Once in a while, someone will remember some silly thing I did and then they feel good. And they go, 'Oh, hey, Michael Bolton, I celebrate your whole catalog.' And I'm like, 'Great, great, I totally get it.' John C. McGinley

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I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination. John C. McGinley

You Liberate Blessed Imagination Bored Generous Because Stimulated Been Lot Afford Get Just Which Engaged Your Actor

A lot of things went incredibly well for 'Scrubs': from a ridiculous number of downloads on the iPods, to whenever they issue a new season on DVD it kinda sells out, and we got nominated for an Emmy. To be picked up for six years is all gravy, man. John C. McGinley

Man Incredibly Out Kinda Emmy Picked New Nominated Well Got Issue Years Lot Up Sells New Season Six Whenever Scrub Ridiculous Season Things Gravy Number

I did an episode of 'Frasier' with my friend Kelsey Grammer once. John C. McGinley

Once My Friend Friend Did Episode

The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great thing about soaps, and soap actors will tell you, is that when you get your line wrong, they don't re-shoot it. They just cut to the person listening. John C. McGinley

Great You Learning Listening Roof Will Master Setup Tell About Through Wrong Great Thing Because Learning Curve Line Singles Person Get Just Soap Curve Soaps Cut Then Your Actor Thing Two

You know, post-production is a bit of a grind to me. If I'm producing a film, I really... I mean I like editing, but all the other crap, the color mixing and... it's all a grind. And so as a result I cut back producing the number of films I was producing. John C. McGinley

I'm the wrong person to not be professional around. When someone calls 'action' and we're in the frame together, I'm gonna run you over. You're gonna get eaten alive. John C. McGinley

You Together Action Frame Alive Run Eaten Someone Wrong Over Calls Around Person Get Gonna Professional

I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done. John C. McGinley

Proud End Very Done Platoon

My son, Max, was born the day Princess Di died. John C. McGinley

Day Son Born Princess Max Died

When your child stops breathing 60 times a night, you don't worry about what's going on next year or even next week. You put aside thoughts about which preschool you're going to enroll him in and focus on how he's doing right now. It's not the Norman Rockwell relationship that you sign on for when becoming a parent. John C. McGinley

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I went to see Alison Krauss and Union Station at Disney Hall and I would say it was one of the most astonishing sonic experiences I have had. It's an enormous room that's acoustically perfect. My interpretation of receiving music as a layman is that the way the music kind of settled on me in that room was perfection. John C. McGinley

Music Me Interpretation Enormous Settled Astonishing Way Say Alison Station Kind Would See Perfect Layman Had Perfection Sonic Most Hall Experiences Room Disney Union Receiving

I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow, a pick and a shovel, and I started to build a baseball field during writers' strike. We have boys and girls come over and we have clinics in the spring. It's called The Strike because it's named for the writers' strike. John C. McGinley

Property Girl Build Spring Field Our Strike Writers Pick Part Over Named Come Because Boy Always Got Built Boys And Girls Clinics Lower Working Shovel Baseball Started

Kanan is a big road through the Santa Monica Mountains. Between mid-March and mid-April, when you get over to the western side of the mountains, it's populated by Spanish broom - this beautiful, yellow, flowering weed that smells the way I imagine it smells along the Yellow Brick Road. John C. McGinley

Beautiful You Weed Big Mountains Side Way Broom Through Road Between Over Along Smells Western Yellow Get Spanish Santa Santa Monica Brick Monica Flowering Imagine

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