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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.

— Maurice Sendak

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✓Similar Perspectives

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.

— Maurice Sendak

I didn't want to be gay. I wanted to be... I wanted an easy life. And you know what? I am gay, and I still have an easy life.

— Jane Lynch

I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

— Michael Bergin

When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70s.

— Neil Tennant

My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted to be.

— Carole King

I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

The only thing I've ever wanted in my life is to be a mom and a wife.

— Missy Peregrym

I wanted to be a lot of things in my life.

— Ansel Elgort

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Rupert Graves

I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy, no relationships were working, and there was something missing in my life, and you know, I was doing drag, performing and stuff, and I realized through that arc that I was much happier doing that.

— Candis Cayne