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"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me."

"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me."

Vincent Gallo, American Actor

Gay, Interest, Support

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"How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?"

"How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?"

Method Man, American Musician

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"Homophobia is gay."

"Homophobia is gay."

Frank Iero, American Musician

24

"Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits."

"Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

23

"I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle."

"I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle."

Dana Carvey, American Comedian

23

"If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay."

"If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay."

Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor

22

"Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me."

"Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me."

Bette Davis, American Actress

20

"The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay."

"The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay."

Troy Perry, American Clergyman

20

"I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals."

"I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals."

Norm MacDonald, Canadian Actor

19

"I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it."

"I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Gay, Question, Talk

19

"I've just found out there are pages on the internet dedicated to whether I'm gay or not."

"I've just found out there are pages on the internet dedicated to whether I'm gay or not."

Matthew Perry, American Actor

18

"I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay."

"I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

18

"Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep."

"Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep."

Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

Gay, Skin, Temptation

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"I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man."

"I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man."

Dana Plato, American Actress

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"My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock."

"My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

17

"When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70s."

"When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70s."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

17

"Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver'."

"Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver'."

George Colman, English Dramatist

17

"The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s."

"The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

17

"It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore."

"It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore."

Lance Loud, American Actor

16

"Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality."

"Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality."

Boy George, English Musician

Gay, Individuality, Losing, Now

16

"I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly."

"I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

Gay, Limitations, Now, Religious

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"An operetta is simply a small and gay opera."

"An operetta is simply a small and gay opera."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

16

"I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation."

"I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation."

Matt Lucas, English Actor

Gay, Man, Party, Years

15

"I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sunday morning. I think we should really get some of our own preachers and preach that gay is good. And we'd have a great choir."

"I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sunday morning. I think we should really get some of our own preachers and preach that gay is good. And we'd have a great choir."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

Gay, Religious, Want, Will

15

"I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style."

"I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

15

"And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless."

"And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless."

Gary Numan, British Musician

15

"I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him."

"I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

15

"An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay."

"An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

14

"In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers."

"In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

14

"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture."

"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture."

Robin Williams, American Comedian

14

"It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too."

"It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too."

Michael Jeter, American Actor

14

"Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian."

"Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian."

Laura Innes, American Actress

Gay, Intention, Lesbian

13

"I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period."

"I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period."

Method Man, American Musician

13

"The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date."

"The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date."

Sean Hayes, American Actor

Gay, Right, Will, Writers

13

"I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism."

"I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism."

Harry Hay, American Celebrity

13

"I am not gay, I just like pearls."

"I am not gay, I just like pearls."

Julian Eltinge, American Actor

13

"Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man."

"Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

12

"Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton."

"Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Gay, Mind, Now, Paris

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"It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing."

"It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing."

Russell Brand, English Comedian

10

"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."

"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."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Gay, Now, Right, Youth

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