Nothing Is Secret Once You Tell Anyone.

Personally, I Wouldn't Advise A Gay Leading Man-type Actor To Come Out.

I Am Not A Romantic Leading Man Anymore So I Don't Need To Nurture That Public Image Anymore. I Can Talk About It Now Because I'm Not Afraid Anymore . . . When I Grew Up, Being Gay, Being Sissy Or Anything Like That, Was Verboten. I Disliked Myself Intensely And Feared This Part Of Myself Intensely, And Had To Hide It And Became 'perfect Richard, All-american Boy' As A Place To Hide.

I've Learned, I Think, To Be Able To Distinguish Between The Necessary And The Unnecessary As Far As My Limited Outside Time Is Concerned. Saying 'no' Politely Is A Necessity If One Wants To Lead Any Kind Of Stable Life.

For An Actor To Be Working At All Is A Kind Of Miracle, Because Most Actors Aren't. So It's Just Silly For A Working Actor To Say, 'oh, I Don't Care If Anybody Knows I'm Gay' Especially If You're A Leading Man. Personally, I Wouldn't Advise A Gay Leading Man-type Actor To Come Out.

Over A Long Period Of Time, Living As If You Were Someone Else Is No Fun.