Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.
I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.
I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.
It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.
Every character I play is straight, which is unique, my agent says, because it's not really been done before that someone who is completely out is able to play straight roles.
People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.
I get told a lot that I'm kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight and gay, and everyone's OK with it.