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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My sexuality is only a thread of the tapestry of my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful. "

" I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall. "

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

" I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I said, God, the press and people, they just really hate me and I'm really trying. Geraldine Page said, Listen to this, Tab. If people don't like you, that's their bad taste. "

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