1950S Career Quotes by Tab Hunter

I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.

— Tab Hunter

Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty big movie…

— Tab Hunter

I don't care about being in the public eye.

— Tab Hunter

I've been a very, very fortunate man. I've had a lot of highs - and a great deal of lows.

— Tab Hunter

Divine was like a 400-pound beached whale. He was one of my favorite leading ladies, I've got to tell you. He was really terrific.

— Tab Hunter

I love singing. You know, my mother always used to encourage me, 'Sing, sing,' and I was in a choir in church, yes.

— Tab Hunter

There would be no Tab Hunter if it were not for Dick Clayton.

— Tab Hunter

I was born in New York. I grew up in San Francisco, Long Beach, and Los Angeles.

— Tab Hunter

My sexuality is only a thread of the tapestry of my life.

— Tab Hunter

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

— Tab Hunter

If I had come out during my acting career in the 1950s, I would not have had a career.

— Tab Hunter

I never mentioned my sexuality to Warner Bros. at all, and they never mentioned it to me, thank God.

— Tab Hunter

Without a doubt, my sexuality was something that I just never discussed, especially in the 1950s.

— Tab Hunter

I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.

— Tab Hunter

I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.

— Tab Hunter