Albert II, Prince of Monaco Quotes

I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder.

I actually feel sorry for people who have a lot of illusions in their head about what gay is. I mean, I know some gay people who are really wonderful people.

I had heard before that there were rumors I was gay. It's funny. My cousin gets his hair cut at this place, and one of the guys there told him that Scott Wolf was gay. He didn't realize that he was my cousin.

I do think that the worst thing that a parent can do is to teach children to hate—prejudice.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith.

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear.

Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years.

You don’t have to be straight to shoot straight.

The absolute basis of all prejudice is ignorance and generalization.

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

Who is it for us to tell other people who to love.

The distinction is large in my mind. The gay police captain is eventually going to be wearing hot pants and singing 'YMCA.' The police captain who happens to be gay is going to be a huge collection of personality characteristics and motivations.

First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't.

I've run into people who say, 'I know what you're like: You're a Boston guy.' That's so weird. This person who doesn't know anything about me thinks they know a lot because of the city I grew up in, which, to me, is a meaningless label. There are all kinds of people from Boston.

I rock up to training, and Folkesy, Steve Folkes - someone that, to be honest, has never paid any interest in my personal life - he comes up to me and starts saying, 'You're not turning Muslim are you?'

If you want to underestimate me because I speak like a Mancunian, like the people I grew up with, then so be it at your peril.

A lot of people thought I was gay.

I'm not a massive reader of online comments but I come across the odd comment where people still question if I'm English. I find that so silly.

A lot of people think I'm gay. I have really red lips, so they say I wear lipstick; they say my dance is very feminine, and a lot of people think I look like a girl. But that's fine. I take the criticism positively.

It must be awful, being a homophobe.

When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge the book by its cover.

I feel it's a lot easier to hate or dislike someone that you see as different. It is a lot harder to hate them when you see they are just the exact same as you.