Sound Bite: "Modern Family" and same sex parenting

For Jesse and I, we get comments and compliments from gay moms and gay dads, and kids of same sex parents. They say, ‘Hey, thanks for being a couple that I can point to,’ like, ‘Cam and Mitchell are kind of like my family.’ Things like that that transcend our job.

-Eric Stonestreet backstage at the 2011 SAG Awards, after “Modern Family”deservedly won the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

Posted on January 31, 2011 and filed under TV, Sound Bites.