I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.

I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.

I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.

It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.

I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.

By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.

I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.