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I go downstairs and don't come up from there until I get that stuff hammered in my skull, until I can do it water skiing or jumping out of a plane. It's all about the text, flushing it out, to excavate, to really get in there and see what falls through your fingers." - On how he memorizes his lines and prepares for his roles
With my dorky head, I guess I just wasn't handsome enough. I'd do the audition but never hear back. TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Ba... (more John C. McGinley quotes)
Was a Syracuse undergraduate before transferring to NYU, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1984.
His son, Max, born in 1997 has Down's Syndrome. John took his TV role in "Scrubs" (2001) so he could stay close to home to be with him.
Understudied John Turturro in the off-Broadway play "Danny and The Deep Blue Sea" early in his career.
Raised in Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn Seni... (more John C. McGinley trivia)