It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something.

I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.

Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.

I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.

I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.

I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.