Actresses Quote by Ellen Page

You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly…

— Adam Sandler

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie…

— Ang Lee

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

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

Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.

— Catherine Deneuve

I was never in the closet as an actor. It never occurred to me that my sexuality was something to be ashamed of.

— Joe Mantello

Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that…

— Jill Bennett

I feel like, for so many years in the industry, LGBT-identifying actors were told to play small or water themselves down or 'butch it…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

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

— Rupert Everett

Lying about one's sexuality seems to be one of the ridiculous rules of what constitutes being a Hollywood movie star. Obviously, my own experience…

— Ben Daniels

The more it happens, the easier it is for others, although I do understand why some actors choose not to come out. I have…

— Cheyenne Jackson

I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.

— Adam Lambert