After Quote by Ian Mckellen

My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.

— Ira Sachs

The first director who ever allowed me to shoot a film for him was a male. He was a gay male. My first feature…

— Reed Morano

The first film I was in was called 'Straight Time.' I was five-years old, and I was playing my father's son.

— Jake Busey

From the moment I did a play I was called gay at school.

— Jacob Elordi

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

I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.

— Matt Bomer

I hadn't been on the big screen in 40 years when I did the horror film 'Fright Night,' so during production of 'Bros,' I…

— Amanda Bearse

To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

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 never mentioned my sexuality to Warner Bros. at all, and they never mentioned it to me, thank God.

— Tab Hunter

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

Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the 'Hedwig' film, as did Hal Ashby…

— John Cameron Mitchell