In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.
Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.
I was instructed by people in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera. We were doing what we were told.