Acting Quote by Ang Lee

The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from a different…

— Dean Cain

Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it's a perfectly valid career choice.

— Naseeruddin Shah

It's fun to explore areas that are taboo that you're not allowed to in real life as an actor.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to…

— Ben Whishaw

A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.

— Rupert Everett

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play…

— Keiynan Lonsdale

I put it forth as a challenge to the industry to continue thinking of actors, regardless of sexuality, with open eyes and open hearts…

— Dan Amboyer

People are kinda still a bit puritanical, perhaps. People don't expect a woman to feel so open, in a way, about her sexuality onscreen,…

— Maria Bello

It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And even more…

— Ian Mckellen

You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses going to…

— Ellen Page

As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be…

— Wanda Sykes

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living.

— Andrew Lang