I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

If someone doesn't want to work with me because I'm playing a gay character, I don't want to work with them. They can fck off.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

I'm grateful for all the attention because it validates I'm doing something.

You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.

I'm straight, but the character was too important to me to muddle his world with my private life. As a nobody, I got away with that deflection. I think it may have helped to introduce Brian as a believable gay man. Maybe not. However it played, it's been out of my hands for a long time.

You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally available and remain in the moment with your scene partner. You don't want to let your own self-consciousness block the flow of creativity that's coming out so that you can act and react, and play what the scene is all about.