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Bryan Batt

(1963) Actor United States

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Bryan Batt is an actor from the United States, best known for She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother.

Quick Facts About Bryan Batt

Born: March 1, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother

About Bryan Batt

Bryan Batt is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bryan Batt

I didn't have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn't know any gay…

Any

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Some actors have to make a choice. If they have the opportunity to become these huge megastars, making millions and millions of…

Actors

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When I've ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great…

Always

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You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.

Always

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I think there is this steely strength beneath this beautiful veneer that a lot of women possess. I can't fathom or understand…

Beautiful

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When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own…

Appeals

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There are many Broadway songs that apply to moments on 'Mad Men,' and I sing them on set all the time.

Broadway

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God love Neil Patrick Harris - how great is that. People grew up with him; they go, 'Oh it's him, it's that…

Better

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My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of…

Afraid

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My favorite song as a boy was definitely 'Downtown' recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording…

Boy

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I tend to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas crying to be documented.

Cry

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When are we going to stop labeling everyone? How many times have I been referred to as 'out gay actor?' Do we…

Actor

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I can't tell you the thrill and joy of when I was cast in my first Broadway show. Granted, it was 'Starlight…

Adventure

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I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot…

Actor

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Gray is great. People think gray is a neutral, but I think it's such a moody, intense, dramatic and sexy color. It's…

Color

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Put every light you have on a dimmer. Because after a certain age, we can play with the lighting and set it…

After

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My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance…

Actually

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In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans…

Art

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Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.

Actor

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Le Petit is where I cut my teeth with some of my early roles. In 1982, I was in the chorus of…

After

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I've lived in N.Y. and L.A. for many years, but I still gravitate to New Orleans - it's so unique and so…

Country

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I am a collector of many things, but I particularly love the sterling silver mint julep cups, each engraved with the titles…

Am

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Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or…

Because

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We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

Any

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Until everyone is free, the experiment of America is not succeeding. We all want opportunity.

America

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