Paul Sorvino Quotes

Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

The hardest part about rollerblading is telling your parents you're gay.

My dad was a very conservative Republican businessman, so obviously I considered it a problem when I realized I was a lesbian.

How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

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

The gay thing has always been hard for me.

I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that I realised I was a gay man.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

A lot of people thought I was gay.

Experiences with friends or family members coming out have helped millions of Americans to see past stereotypes and better understand what being gay is - and is not.

I'm not saying that being straight is easy, but when you're gay, you don't really have a familial network or support system. You have to find that.

I knew from a very, very early age that I was gay, although in the social environment in Venezuela, you don't ever let that be known.

Growing up, me and my mom never really talked about me being gay.

I had told one of my friends that I felt like I might be gay or that I just wasn't into girls, and I was abandoned.

When you're coming out, you have to deal with the whole world saying 'Oh! You're an abominable snowman'.

Believe me, Being gay is not a choice. Noone would choose to make life harder than it has to be.

Sedaris, in his essay in the It Gets Better book, writes that when he was growing up nobody called him gay because you might as well have called him a warlock. Nobody knew what gay was.

Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It was something that was shameful, and it really shouldn't be.

I think it's always good for gay people to come out, but it's also understandable why people might choose not to do so.

I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London. Anything you were interested in, you'd be able to find someone also interested in it. In the Midlands, nobody came out as gay at my school at all.