I came out of the womb looking for the camera angle

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

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.

I'm always looking at the next thing. I'm too curious to look back...it's very hard to be unhappy when you're curious and grateful. You're busy. You don't have time to be unhappy. My biggest talent is I know who is more talented than I am. I find them and I go to them, and I learn.

The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.