Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.

(in the film "That's Entertainment!" - 1974) Thank God for film, it can capture a moment and hold it there forever. If anyone ever asks you: "Who were they?" or "What made them so good?" I think a reel of film answers that question.

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.

If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.