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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. "

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You

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

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

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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. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy. "

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

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