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I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.

In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship.

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.

I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.

The gay people I knew in real life were soft spoken and didn't want to call attention to themselves because they were terrified of exposing themselves, of people finding out that they're gay.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.