Artistic Quote by Steve Coogan

I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I…

— Bertie Carvel

I love the theatre and theatre people.

— Cyril Cusack

Yes, I'm looking forward to gay actors playing gay parts, but for me it's so important that everyone at home can see a bit…

— Jonathan Bailey

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 played a couple of gay characters onstage, and it's always been something I'm comfortable with. I grew up in a family and a…

— Seth Numrich

I understand why the gay community wants to embrace actors who are out. People want to be represented.

— Cheyenne Jackson

I love looking out in a crowded theater and seeing a sea of gay men.

— Belinda Carlisle

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

Theater programs in colleges seemed designed to make gay people act straight.

— Cole Escola

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

— Rupert Everett

As an actor, it's very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.

— Florence Pugh

As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw done on…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman