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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I hate labels. "

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

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

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

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" People believe what they want to believe. "

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

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" 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'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. "

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

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