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>> THIS IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.
I SHARE THIS WITH MY CO-CREATOR KEN BILLER AND OF COURSE ALSO WITH ERIC McCORMICK WHO HAS
CREATED SUCH A WONDERFUL CHARACTER IN DR.
PIERCE.
-- THANK YOU.
AND PROVES TO THE AUDIENCE EVERY WEEK THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CRIME SHOW WHERE THE PERSON
WITH THE MENTAL CHALLENGE IS, IN FACT, THE HERO AND NOT THE VILLAIN, WHICH I THINK IS
IMPORTANT.
[APPLAUSE ]
I'D PARTICULARLY LIKE TO THANK OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AT TNT FOR MAKING THE SHOW
POSSIBLE.
MICHAEL WRIGHT, LILLAH McCARTHY, BRETT WHITE, SAM LINSKY, SHARON BYRENS, ADRIAN O'RYAN,
AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS AND FRIENDS AT ABC STUDIOS.
AND MY MANAGER, JONATHAN BARUCH, FOR HIS LOVE AND SUPPORT AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, ERIC McCORMICK BEFORE HE PLAYED DR.
PIERCE BLAZED A TRAIL ON "WILL AND GRACE." AND THE VICE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, CREDITED THAT
SHOW WITH DOING MORE TO EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT GAYS AND LESBIANS THEN ANYONE
ELSE.
AND IF PERCEPTION CAN HAVE A FRACTION OF THE IMPACT IN EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT MENTAL
ILLNESS, I KNOW ALL OF US INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION OF THE SHOW WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.