Always Quote by Nelsan Ellis

If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it. The idea of the straight man is…

— Will Arnett

The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do…

— Mia Kirshner

I love stories where sexuality is just part of the character, not the only thing about them.

— Megan Stalter

It's very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One…

— Louis Auchincloss

Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a gay character…

— Sarah Shahi

“One of the problems in mainstreaming queer characters is that people think in order to get a character accepted, they have to be totally…

— Anonymous

You don't bring in a gay character as a way of commenting on gay issues. You have one there because he's real, and that's…

— Teju Cole

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche.

— Casey Wilson

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way…

— Alan Ball

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

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

Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy…

— Betty White