Award Quote by Angelica Ross

I have friends who are trans advocates, and they were upset that Jared Leto played a trans person.

— Sean Baker

Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender…

— Nicole Maines

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

— Shirley MacLaine

If someone writes a stereotyped trans character, it's really harmful on a macro level in solidifying public perception of trans people because we're such…

— Patti Harrison

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only…

— Aidan Gillen

I don’t think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable in my…

— Ben Whishaw

You still have a difficulty seeing a more androgynous or masculine-looking representation in queer film or media, where it's not almost like a stereotype…

— Katy O'Brian

There are no trans roles, and if there are, they go to Jared Leto or Eddie Redmayne or Elle Fanning... Will there ever come…

— Hari Nef

I don't know if any of you feel this way, but it's like eventually, you see a woman come on screen and you go,…

— Evangeline Lilly

I'm not trying to look for pity or sympathy. I was just surprised that so many people in the world of entertainment seemed to…

— Moby

Sometimes with people I know, they're playing the hunky action guy and there's resistance to them coming out because it's so connected to straight…

— Alan Cumming

Now, I don't know if we're at a place where we can see a nuanced transgender villain, because unless it can be written in…

— Patti Harrison