Quotes About Authenticity

I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.

I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.

People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.

Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it.

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

No, I'm not gay.

I am a gay American.

People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.

Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.

I don't think you choose whether or not you're gay.

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.

I've been gay since the day I was born.

I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.

We call chemistry the 'c' word on 'Top Gear,' and you can't fake that, can you?

Our 'Top Gear' characters are based on our own characters, if exaggerated and cartoonified. We try not to be completely different to who we are, because you couldn't carry it off in the long run.

I don't trust the Bee Gee's because there's no way they could always be happy.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

I'm not of a science background, I was never a comic book geek, and I was never a gamer.

For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.