I don't think I'm a gay icon. I have no axe to grind. I mean, I'm clearly not homophobic! I'm not pro or con.
Steve-O
As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
Ira Sachs
Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay... →
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.
I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years.
Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.
When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if... →
Gus Van Sant
The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay.