Against Quote by Brandi Carlile

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

— Bryan Batt

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find…

— Mika

As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw done on…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort…

— James Franco

I just hate that gay role models are supposed to be just like straight people, as if even straight people are like that.

— Paul Rudnick

I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't…

— John Glover

When I was in high school, there weren't a lot of out gay actors playing gay roles. I didn't see myself represented truthfully in…

— Tommy Dorfman

The writing was so clearly written on the wall about me, but I didn't see it. I had no role models. I didn't know…

— Bryan Batt

Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big…

— Christopher Rice

I mean, I always knew that I was gay, yet this was a time when you were not encouraged to bring that out as…

— Amanda Bearse

When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I…

— Dan Savage

The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up there were no role models that were…

— Russell Tovey