Audience Quote by Park Chan-wook

When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.

— Carol Anshaw

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

— Ichiro Suzuki

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

“In Japan, however, if you against someone and create a bad atmosphere, your relations may break-off completely. People tend to react emotionally, and most…

— Roger J. Davies

For a long time we have just seen caricatures of gay characters. I honestly would not have done such roles unless I was sure…

— Arjun Mathur

It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is…

— Alain Ducasse

“A pervasive misconception about sexual orientation doggedly clings to the conversation about being LGBT in our current culture: that one’s sexual orientation is defined…

— Aaron Hartzler

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 think, almost, the film industry thinks that by making gay characters super masculine, it's an attempt at saying being gay is OK if…

— Josie Totah

A lot of times, gay characters are represented in unrealistic or stereotypical ways.

— Shannon Purser

I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They were kind…

— Noelle Stevenson

The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.

— Herb Alpert