You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way.

In a March 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob KuJon Cryerll Cryer stated that he had auditioned for St. Cryer was a well-known Methodist minister. Cryer's spokeswoman Karen Sanfilippohis stated: "Jon is not a Republican.

Cryer received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011. In 1998 he wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God. He is the son of Gretchen and David Cryer.