People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.
I've been with Shakespeare all my life.
As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.
There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.
I have grown up loving Shakespeare.
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
As I get older I find myself thinking it all begins with Shakespeare.
It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to be people that they're not, and you think, after the years go by, well, what on earth was all that about?
Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.
Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.