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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.

It was my own internalised homophobia. I didn't want to be gay.

As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.

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

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

I became quite a diva, and intolerant, and people knew when I was not pleased. Some people were afraid of me, and other people just kind of blew me off. But I wasn't making any friends. I only had one person who remained my friend, and he was my boyfriend for a while. Even though I told him I was gay, he was like, 'That's alright.'

For some strange reason, my gay life didn't get easier when I came out. Quite the opposite happened, really.

Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.

I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.

Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I've always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn't find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.