Steve Buscemi Quotes

When are we going to stop labeling everyone? How many times have I been referred to as 'out gay actor?' Do we say, 'out heterosexual actor' when we refer to Tom Hanks?

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.

It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.

A lot of straight people think I'm nuts.

If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

I'm not gay - everybody thinks I am - but I dig 'The L Word.'

I leave it very open because, at the end of the day, it's one of those things where I shouldn't have to reinforce and state, 'No, I'm a heterosexual' - because that's all nonsense.

Now that I'm out there and it's known that I'm trans, I think that sometimes might hinder my opportunity in snagging a big cis role.

Something inside of me tells me that being homosexual is probably wrong.

I feel sorry for straight people.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay, because they don't.

I think life is easier if you're straight.

There's still a great deal of bias about homosexuality.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not.

People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.

I often tell audiences at the start of my shows that I'm not gay because I've got petitions from lesbian groups saying 'Can you tell people you're heterosexual because you're giving us a bad name.'

You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.

I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.

It'd be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their gender. I'm not going to be allowed to play the part that Denzel Washington plays.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.

By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.

I can't tell you why I keep getting asked to play gay characters, but I never really considered 'gay' as an adjective, as a playable thing. Maybe it's an element of the character, but it just describes a preference.

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.