Actors Quote by James Franco

It's amazing how the world has changed because, at that time [2005], a lot of actors didn't want to play a gay role.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

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 playing ground is so uneven, and there have been so many straight characters for such a long time, and so many gay actors…

— Stephanie Beatriz

'Brokeback Mountain' is a sad love story about two people who can't be together, and the reason that they can't be together is because…

— Wesley Morris

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

— Rupert Everett

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

I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in…

— Jane Lynch

The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as many people…

— Nina Jacobson

It's not enough for Hollywood to make a bunch of gay movies. That's obviously a big part of the equation, but then gay people…

— Billy Eichner

I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who faced a…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I feel like Hollywood likes to use gay people to tell either really sad gay stories starring straight actors, or everything's about a struggle.…

— Tommy Dorfman

I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the world. There…

— Andrew Haigh