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

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

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

" I hate labels. "

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" The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult. "

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

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" I'm very grateful for this road that I've been on - it's been a good one. It's been a tough one at times, too. "

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" 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. "

" People believe what they want to believe. "

" There would be no Tab Hunter if it were not for Dick Clayton. "

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

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" 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. "

" I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be. "

" I never mentioned my sexuality to Warner Bros. at all, and they never mentioned it to me, thank God. "

" I'm very proud of 'That Kind of Woman' with Sophia Loren, directed by Sidney Lumet, and I loved doing 'Gunman's Walk' because I finally got to play a bad guy. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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