Actor Quote by Joe Mantello

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

Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was hard to…

— Dan Amboyer

I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting…

— Ian Mckellen

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

I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they…

— Alan Cumming

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

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

— Adam Lambert

I guess I think of myself as an actor before I think of myself as a gay actor.

— Jonathan Groff

For some reason, I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growing sense I was…

— Joe Mantello

I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat gay ulcers.…

— Ben Daniels

At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet when I…

— Keiynan Lonsdale