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" There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me. "

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" I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood. "

" I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other. "

" People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz. "

" A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre. "

" I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire. "

" Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! "

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" I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan. "

" The thing that everyone remembers about 'Bambi' is that moment. 'The Lion King,' took it to quite an extreme because it was an action sequence: his father was killed in a wildebeest stampede - I related, because mine was, too. "

" People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me. "

" There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!' "

" Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that. "

" All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that. "

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" I never like seeing myself on screen. "

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" I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown. "

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" I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth. "

" What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.' "