Eric Stonestreet quotes:

Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.

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.

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

I'm sort of like Costco. I'm big, I'm not fancy and I dare you to not like me.

I have a very dry sense of humor.

It is fun to think about your pet moonlighting as a water delivery man, or a bouncer at a bar. Thinking about your dog out in the world, instead of laying on your bed when you leave, is really fun.

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

People don't realize how long hours are when you're shooting a movie.

I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.

America is a great place, speech is free and you're able to expose the fact that you're an idiot,

Im a regular dude from Kansas who grew up with pigs and cows.

TV is definitely easier hours.

Quickly you learn it's way better to have fans talking and caring about you than not.

Remember that the old lady who's taking forever in line is someone's grandma

I'm very grateful and appreciative, and I remind myself every day that there are thousands and thousands of actors that have the same dreams and aspirations that I have.

I have a pretty good understanding of animals.

As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance.

As an actor, doing animation is definitely on the list of most actors because it is such a freeing, fun, different experience than being on camera. There's just something different about it that's not more fun, but a different sort of fun.

My mom's passionate and energetic and very funny and enthusiastic.

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

Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.

Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.

I wanted to be a clown when I was a kid, so I love interacting and goofing around with kids.

It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very seriously, show up on time, know my lines, and give the best performance that I can because I'm doing something that so many other people work very hard to have and never get.

I've had pets my whole life, and I grew up with pigs and cows.

All I've ever wanted to do is entertain people - make them laugh, think, smile, feel creeped out or scared; whatever it is. I'm getting the opportunity to do that in various roles.