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" You cannot overstate, I don't think, the impact of a show like 'Glee' on a generation. "
Wilson Cruz
Impact
You
Generation
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" I remember just calling myself gay was a big step for me, and I remember being in the bathroom brushing my teeth, testing out to myself in the mirror, saying, 'I am gay,' and seeing if the world was going to stop or if the ceiling would fall in on me. "
Wilson Cruz
World
Fall
Step
" It's one thing to be sitting in a classroom and have a teacher tell you how to treat other people; it's a whole other thing to watch, week after week, somebody's life spelled out to you in an emotional way: That lesson is something that will stay with you forever. "
Wilson Cruz
Life
You
Week
" My advice would be to look at the things you do to make money as ways to inform your work in the end. If our work is to study the human condition, most humans that we are going to be playing aren't going to be artists, so go out and, as I did, learn what it's like to have a 9-to-5 job... Think of it as character study. "
Wilson Cruz
Work
Character
End
" The seeds of marriage equality... were planted on MTV. "
Wilson Cruz
Marriage
MTV
Planted
" I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive stories that include people of color in the LGBT community. "
Wilson Cruz
Color
Ideas
People
" Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change. "
Wilson Cruz
Career
Change
Help
" The work that needs to be done now is to diversify the picture of LGBTQ people so that people can see that we come from all races, different genders; we have trans people. "
Wilson Cruz
Done
See
Picture
" I had no idea what being on stage would be like or how I'd react to the applause. I didn't think I deserved their applause. Then I realized I'd done something to make them feel something. That made it okay. But it was weird. A nice weird. "
Wilson Cruz
Done
Weird
Think
" I was 19, 20. I didn't know what to do. I knew one thing: I never saw myself on TV or anyone like me, and I wanted to be that for someone else. I think the most courageous thing I did was ask for help. "
Wilson Cruz
Think
Myself
Help
" President Clinton's support of the LGBT community and recognition that DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and should be struck down shows that the political landscape continues to change in favor of LGBT equality. Leaders and allies like President Clinton are critical to moving our march for equality forward. "
Wilson Cruz
Change
Marriage
Support
" I came out to my dad in Christmas of '94. "
Wilson Cruz
Out
Came
Christmas
" I remember watching the premiere of the pilot episode of 'Next Gen' when I was a teenager. "
Wilson Cruz
Next
Remember
Watching
" When we talk about LGBT characters on TV we're talking about the entire rainbow, and that includes trans people, and that includes non-binary people, people of color, women, differently-abled people. There is so much opportunity for storytelling there, and I hope that we continue to see more of that. "
Wilson Cruz
Hope
Rainbow
Opportunity
" For more than two decades, GLAAD has combatted anti-LGBT images in the media and changed the national conversation about LGBT people. "
Wilson Cruz
Conversation
Two
People
" Adam Lambert's continued success as one of the world's best-selling pop stars shows LGBT people that they can be themselves and make it in a mainstream industry that many feel unfairly rejects them. "
Wilson Cruz
Feel
People
Stars
" When I came out, it didn't go well. My dad kicked me out. I ended up sleeping in my car. "
Wilson Cruz
Up
Go
Car
" It's 'Star Trek!' It's as close to an American mythology as we get. To be a part of that storytelling after being a fan since I was a teenage boy who saw the pilot episode of 'Next Generation' air, it's all very surreal. "
Wilson Cruz
Generation
American
Air
" It's important to take leaps of faith. "
Wilson Cruz
Important
Leaps
Faith
" I learned so much about love from the movies. For a couple of hours, I would allow myself to dream about love and a life that, for me, ordinarily, felt out of reach. So, it was with deep gratitude that I watched the drama 'Call Me by Your Name,' knowing what a beautiful teacher it would be for boys like me. "
Wilson Cruz
Teacher
Love
Life
" If you were to turn on the TV in 1986, '87, you wouldn't see anybody having, I guess, a low-to-middle-income person of color experience. And you definitely wouldn't have a young LGBT person or their story told. The experience of being invisible in our culture has ramifications that I don't think any of us can really understand. "
Wilson Cruz
Color
Think
Story
" Sometimes we make progress in leaps. And sometimes we make them in small steps. "
Wilson Cruz
Small
Sometimes
Steps
" I'm aware that I'm playing one of the first LGBT characters on 'Star Trek' in the first relationship, so there's a responsibility that comes with that. I'm aware of that. "
Wilson Cruz
Trek
Star
Responsibility
" I don't think that there's any shame at all in doing what you have to do in order to survive, to make money while you continue to pursue your dreams. "
Wilson Cruz
Think
Money
Dreams
" When you're 14, 15, the most important thing in your life should be education, because that's what's going to set you up for success as an adult. So if coming out now will hinder your education, maybe we take some time to think about whether the time is right or not. Those are my concern. "
Wilson Cruz
Success
Education
Life
" It takes a certain kind of person who loves 'Star Trek' to bring it to life. "
Wilson Cruz
Star
Bring
Kind
" I am honored to be receiving the Point Courage Award. "
Wilson Cruz
Courage
I Am
Point
" As a fan of the franchise, I count myself among the countless LGBTQ fans who have longed to see themselves and our relationships depicted on 'Star Trek.' "
Wilson Cruz
Relationships
Myself
See
" I've always been drawn to love stories. Growing up, I would devour films like 'Moonstruck,' 'Ghost,' 'Love and Basketball,' and 'Love, Jones,' replacing the lovers in my imagination with two men. "
Wilson Cruz
Imagination
Growing Up
Two
" When you were a teenager, everything's kind of drawn in primary colors; everything's big, and everything's life or death. "
Wilson Cruz
Big
Colors
Death
" All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was be in a Broadway musical and to be in 'Star Trek,' and I can finally say I've done that. "
Wilson Cruz
Kid
I Can
Done