John C. McGinley

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#characters #cox #cup #dirt #doctors

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

— John C. McGinley

#gold #great #heart #leader #play

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

#bad #because #bit #cox #dr

I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#because #calms #i #like #me

I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice! ↗

— John C. McGinley

#given #handy #i #love #memory

My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.' ↗

— John C. McGinley

#beach #blondes #dogs #get #hot

TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#dial #dirty #equivalents #i #ken