Character Quote by Ryan Murphy

I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring…

— Ayana Mathis

I probably haven't had enough gay characters in my stuff. When you're writing something, you're thinking, 'Why couldn't this person be black, white, gay?'

— Martin McDonagh

It never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it.

— Christopher Rice

I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available…

— Kevin Sessums

Maybe the most interesting thing gay writers can do is show the tension between the breadth of gay experiences and the unity of what…

— Vestal McIntyre

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

The writing was so clearly written on the wall about me, but I didn't see it. I had no role models. I didn't know…

— Bryan Batt

I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me…

— Eddie Marsan

I had seen the gay social chronicle done abundantly and done very well. And I didn't want to do any more of that myself,…

— Christopher Rice

By making the gay character funny and sweet but above all normal, you make a far better, longer lasting statement than you would if…

— Sue Perkins

A lot of character writing for gay people is talking about trauma. It's nice to - instead of playing trauma - get to play…

— E. R. Fightmaster

I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.

— Eric McCormack