Syd Quotes

In the early '90s, I wrote a play called 'Word of Mouth' in which I played a number of different characters. One was a thirteen-year-old boy who, through a series of diary entries, realizes that he's gay.

I do wish, when I was younger, that I knew that I was gay. It would have made things a lot clearer for me. Really. Looking back on it, it was so obvious, but it never really dawned on me. Socially, I felt like I didn't know how to be and who to be. If I had known back then, it would have given me more self-confidence.

Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.

My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi.

I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.

The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted and so afraid of people of finding out I was gay. There was no telling what would have happened.

I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.

I had a lot of fear about coming out as a kid.

When I went to prom in the early 1990s, I seesawed between my wish to get asked by the right guy and ride in the cool kids' limousine with the burgeoning realization that I was gay. I had a fun night, but I was far from my authentic, assertive self that night. Prom felt mostly like a job I had to do to maintain my position in the social hierarchy.

I've been uncomfortable dealing with my identity since I was 16 years old.

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.

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.

Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.

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

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on.

I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up.

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man.

I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.