Doug Savant

Doug Savant: If a woman would tell me, hey that thing you just did was sexy, I just repeat doing that. I think that's the way guys do it.

Doug Savant: (talking about his "tv wife" Felicity Huffman) I really don't want us to have an affair-I love the relationship so much. I keep asking everyone on set to please not give us any domestic strife! I have never felt so connected to any role, and it's because of how incredibly believable the relationship is. I would much rather deal with the everyday problems that most couples in America deal with-how do you keep the romance going when you have a career and kids, that kind of thing-versus the extramarital stuff.

Doug Savant: (talking about his friend Felicity Huffman) I would be happy to escort Felicity Huffman anywhere in life. She's a dear friend and I love Bill too. And you can't say Bill Macy without saying one of the greatest actors on the planet. I think that is mandatory, comes in your Screen Actors' Guild handbook now. No, we get along famously and I have the utmost respect for them.

Doug Savant: (talking about his friend Felicity Huffman) She gave the most emotionally resonant performance of the year. Her performances are glorious and so was her speech. But I have warned her, with her multiple nominations, that gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. She cannot get her head through the door anymore.

Doug Savant: (talking about the pilot of Desperate Housewives) In the pilot there was only one scene between Lynette and Tom. She was a desperate housewife and I was just a husband. I had no idea what the had planned for us. But Felicity was always generous and inclusive, and for that coming home scene, we successfully overcame the awkwardness of being thrown into a physical relationship immediately. After we had shot the pilot I saw her at a party for an ABC show and she said hi. I said, "I liked our stuff". She said, "So did I." It gave me a sense that we were going to be okay.

Doug Savant: (talking about one scene on Desperate Housewives) I loved being able to play that moment where I admitted to my father I did something wrong. People's interest was piqued, but then, just like life, it was dropped. People hold onto their secrets. I don't even think Tom told the whole story to his dad. Probably after the camera went off them, his father said something like,"I understand, but you're going to get through it, and that's that." The Scavos were not a family where communication was key.

Doug Savant: (talking about Desperate Housewives) The moment of this episode ('Pretty Little Pictures'-S01 E02) that I appreciated the most was when Lynette is telling Tom about Rex and Bree and then she says, "Are we happy?" That's what happens in life. Your friends or someone you know goes through a divorce and you reflect that back on your own marriage. Lynette and Tom are people that care deeply about making their marriage work. That reflects a lot of what our viewers go through.

Doug Savant: We did international press coverage and I found that this show is the highest rated in the history of all of television in Australia. The Channel Four people in Great Britain said, "We carried the premieres of all hit American television shows- Sex and the City, Friends- and the premiere of Desperate Housewives outnumbered them all."

Doug Savant: Women approach me a lot and say, "You are my husband. He travels all the time and he comes home and he just expects so much of me."

Doug Savant:The thing I like about Lynette and Tom's relationship and the show is that these people love each other. I think we're the couple that most reflects the problems tha real people have, in that we are trying to balance work and the personal needs of two adults while trying to raise this large family. That's what most people can relate to.(talking about Desperate Housewives)

Doug Savant: (talking about him and his character on Desperate Housewives) When we were shooting the scene where Lynette and I are fighting about Annabel, it was hard for me. Every time I have conflict with Lynette on the show, it doesn't make me feel real good. Sins of omission are okay. Sins of commission are more problematic because they spell real trouble.

Doug Savant: (talking about his character on Desperate Housewives) Tom and I are similar in that we are passionately in love with our wives and love our kids. I have four children too. But there are times when Tom is inattentive to what's going on. The way I see it, Tom's not a bad husband in the least. He thinks he's a good husband. He's just oblivious to what Lynette's problems could be.

Doug Savant: During my first year on Melrose, there was a great deal of pressure from the network (Fox TV) for me to out myself as a straight man. The producers of Melrose kept telling me I had to say publicly that I was a breeder. They said too many people assumed I was gay. I know the truth of my life, so I didn't have to play the network game. For three years I was the spokesperson for the AIDS rides (yearly cycle-thons) in California. I was flattered that people assumed I was gay. To me, that was an affirmation that I was doing my job.