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I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.

I never said I was gay, because I don't think anyone is.

I don't believe I've ever met a homosexual.

When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.

The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up, there were no role models that were blokey that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.'

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were.

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

One funny thing I realized is how many people had no idea that I was gay because they don't bother to look it up or ask.

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

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.