American - Actor | February 3, 1956 -
There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.
Nathan Lane
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I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.
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I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.
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There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'
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Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him - I'm Nathan Lane?
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
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It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don't know what it is I do. Because half the time you're talking to people who are in their 20s, and I've been doing this for over 25 years.
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The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.
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