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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There are a lot of people who have the same fears and problems I had as a young man growing up. You read about it all the time. If you can help someone in some way, terrific. "

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

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

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

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