I wasn't dating anyone. I was hyper-focused on acting. So I didn't bring a guy to the prom. I was the lone gay person as far as I knew.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.