"In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things."

Character, Failure, Colors, Song

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"In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things."

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"In London they don't like you if you're still alive."

London

"Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it."

People

"How time files when you's doin' all the talking."

Time

"There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way."

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"And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television."

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"Time will tell us what we did and didn't do."

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Work

"To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's important to the gay youth - who are now setting the agenda - then its important to me."

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