Actor Quote by Ian Mckellen

Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out.

— Richard Chamberlain

For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for a working…

— Richard Chamberlain

I was told that if I wanted to be a leading man in Hollywood, I couldn't possibly be thought of as gay.

— Sean Maher

I was told that if I wanted to be a leading man in Hollywood, I couldnt possibly be thought of as gay.

— Sean Maher

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

— Rupert Everett

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

Just the dream of every aging has-been actress who slipped out in public is to work with a bunch of gay boys.

— Margot Kidder

I'm not naive to the fact that I'm an out gay actor.

— Ellen Page

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

The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay.

— Gus Van Sant

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

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

— Ian Mckellen