[jack Nash From The Andromeda Strain] Was

My Wife Is A Real Camper; It's A Nice Way To Bond.

Brad Wright, Who Created Grant Maclaren, Had Me In Mind. We'd Actually Worked Together 20 Years Ago. He Wrote An Episode Of The Outer Limits That I Was In In '96 Or '95? So We'd Been Aware Of Each Other For Years. I'd Lived In Vancouver Off And On, Where He's Based. And It Just Came To Me, And I'm Always Looking For Something Different. Perception Was A Different Show Than Will & Grace.

Every Actor Has Periods Of Their Life That Are A Little Less Busy Than Others, And That Was Just A Time When I Needed That. And To Be Back On A Sitcom Stage, With Julia [ Louis-dreyfus], Was Really, Really Fun.

I Was Playing This Sort Of Asshole Actor [in The Jenny Mccarthy Show]. And We Shot The Pilot, And It Was A Guaranteed Go. It Was Going To Be 24 [episodes] On The Air. No Questions From Nbc. And We Shot The Pilot, And I Was In Toronto Doing A Movie, And I Got A Call Saying They Cut The Character, That I Was Off The Show.

I Really Liked It [the Andromeda Strain], And I Don't Know That It Ever Had The Effect They Were Hoping For. I Don't Know If They Got The Audience We Were Hoping For. But I Thought It Was Very Fun, And I Loved The Character [jack Nash] I Was Playing.