My life's not about being gay - although one could argue I'm pretty professionally gay - but that's not how I experience life. Being gay is a profound part of who I am, but it isn't all of who I… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
We've all been watching stories about heterosexuals forever... As a gay kid, you are always having to translate. You are always having to pretend like you are one of the other characters. You're not seeing your life accurately reflected. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
It's a very generational thing: I am not interested in labels. I am who I am. I will love who I love, and that's… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
Something we learned from foster kids after sitting down with them to hear their stories is that so many of them are invested in… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
You live with your family for awhile, and then you move out into the world, and you still have your family; you just don't… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
We, as a culture, use television as at least one of the great arbiters of truth. Even though we know it's fiction, when we… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
I think so much of adolescence is about finding your tribe, and what kids today have that we did not have is access to… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking up plans.… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
There was one family drama on television when we took out 'The Fosters' - 'Parenthood'. Everybody thought it sounded like a great show, but… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
We always try to go back to character: What do they want? What are they doing? What's in motion that they're dealing with? When… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
There definitely has been this kind of Hollywood swing back from the pendulum of, 'OK, we're gonna do gay people; we're gonna do queens.'… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
