Eric McCormack may be known as one-fourth of the hilarious cast of "Will & Grace," but he originally wanted to be part of another ensemble.

When the actor sat down with HuffPost Live's Josh Zepps to discuss his latest role on TNT's "Perception," McCormack opened up about his acting career, including the fact that he auditioned for the role of Ross Gellar on "Friends" while working in theater.

"I was so kind of done with that previous phase. I needed to start pulling at this other sort of funnier, lighter side. So I auditioned for everything," he said. "I auditioned for 'Friends' even. I auditioned for [David] Schwimmer's part."

Reminiscing about his past, he continued, "Years later, I told Jimmy Burrows, who directed all of 'Will & Grace' ... and 'Friends' too ... [that] I was up for Schwimmer's part. He said, 'Oh, honey, you're wasting your time. They wrote the part for him.'...