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Jesse Tyler Ferguson is getting candid about the "responsibility" he felt to the LGBTQ community while starring in 'Modern Family.' The actor, who played Mitchell for 11 seasons from 2009 to 2020, recently shared on his 'Dinner's on Me' podcast that he believed there was "no way to please" everyone when it came to his role on the ABC sitcom.

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00:00Jesse Tyler Ferguson is getting candid about the responsibility he felt to the LGBTQ community

00:05while starring in Modern Family. The actor who played Mitchell for 11 seasons from 2009 to 2020

00:12recently shared on his Dinners on Me podcast that he believed there was no way to please

00:17everyone when it came to his role on the ABC sitcom. I was in the trenches fighting for

00:22marriage equality and I felt so lucky to be part of a pop culture touchstone that was also part

00:27of that same issue. He admitted to also feeling a responsibility from the LGBTQ community when I

00:33was given a role like the one I had on Modern Family to get it right and to do it with care and

00:38precision. He added, it was tricky for me because I had to tune out that noise of a community wanting

00:42me to do it correctly and preciously and you know my desire to do it with nuance and levels and layers

00:47and also poignancy. I just felt like there was no way to please both camps. Ferguson said he's finally

00:53letting go of the pressure he once felt. I'm now in a place where I'm as an actor being given a role

00:58where I'm attracted to the messiness of that character. I'm attracted to their flaws. Like

01:02that's what makes it interesting and honestly that's what makes the audience interested in

01:06watching me. He noted, I felt like, you know, at least in the first few seasons of Modern Family

01:11being put on a pedestal in a way as far as like, okay, this is a gay couple that's on network

01:16television on a huge show. They better get this right. For more on this interview, head to THR.com.

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