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I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

I've had gay friends who grew up in small towns in France who had to lie for most of their lives, even to themselves. But eventually such lies become stronger than the people, and they have to face them.

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

For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.