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" A person's life is hopefully more than just one thing. "

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" Without a doubt, my sexuality was something that I just never discussed, especially in the 1950s. "

" If I had come out during my acting career in the 1950s, I would not have had a career. "

" People are too quick to criticize and condemn. We've got to be more positive. "

" All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad. "

" I feel closest to God with a pitchfork full of crap in my hands. I'm serious! "

" A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life. "

" In my personal life, I was quite a different Boy Next Door than the one Mr. and Mrs. Middle America imagined me to be. "

" I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures. "

" I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role. "

" I love singing. You know, my mother always used to encourage me, 'Sing, sing,' and I was in a choir in church, yes. "

" I lived in those old movie houses as a kid. I just loved them. What total escapism for someone. "

" I believe one's sexuality is one's own business. I really don't go around discussing it. Call me 'old school' on that topic. "

" Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty big movie star in the 1950s. Oh, and another thing: I was - am - gay. "

" I don't care about being in the public eye. "

" John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real. "

" Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns. "

" My nickname, when I was 15 years old in the Coast Guard, they called me 'Hollywood' because I went to the movies all the time. It was such great escapism. That's why I ran away from home. "

" I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy. "

" I hate labels. "

" People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting. "

" I really didn't talk about my sexuality until I wrote my autobiography. "

" I was born in New York. I grew up in San Francisco, Long Beach, and Los Angeles. "

" Divine was like a 400-pound beached whale. He was one of my favorite leading ladies, I've got to tell you. He was really terrific. "

" Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor. "

" People think that because you might have a feeling toward another male that you don't enjoy women. I love women. I love being around them. But when we'd go out together, we'd kind of almost go out in disguise. Not in disguise, but in a baseball cap and sunglasses. "

" People believe what they want to believe. "

" I've been a very, very fortunate man. I've had a lot of highs - and a great deal of lows. "

" I'm a very private person who grew up with a strict German mother who believed 'loose lips sink ships.' "