Miriam Margolyes Quotes

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

I am an openly proud gay man.

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

Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.

I came out because I fell in love. It wasn't a terrible, horrible, damn thing. I was in love with somebody, and I wanted to scream it from the rooftops.

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

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, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

I never talked about homosexuality with my family. After I was 18, they know everything, but I never talk; it was like an information but in silence. I start to talk when I was 32, it was good for me - it was like a liberation. I'm talking about a love story. I'm not talking about sex because love is love.

I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.

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

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

Being from New York, if you're gay, you're gay. I think it's important that if you are gay, you not be afraid to say who you are.

I didn't want to be gay. I wanted to be... I wanted an easy life. And you know what? I am gay, and I still have an easy life.

I was never hiding from being gay; I just never talked about it.

One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was a tough life, you not accepting yourself.

I'm not ashamed to be gay.

I'm a gay man and a proud gay man and a loud gay man.

I have been a proud, openly gay man since I was 18.

If I was gay, I would be the best gay of all history.

So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.