Jason Bateman Quotes

I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.

Some people have their sexuality really at the forefront of who they are, and I applaud those people.

If I was gay, there would be no closet. You would never see the closet I came out of. Why? Because I'd have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve... If I was gay, at this stage of the game?age 37, aging alternative icon?I'd be taking out ads.

I remember stepping off and thinking that it might not be a good idea to let anyone know that I'm a homosexual, which is hilarious because I'm probably the gayest man I know. I had these huge dreams and they came to fruition so quickly.

Honestly, I never needed a mask to go onstage. It was me who was there, and it was always what I felt, based on what I had learned at home, in my religion, and from society. I clung to that: 'This is me, it has to be me.' And if I had an encounter with someone of the same sex, I looked away.

I don't think anyone's sexuality needs to be a public issue other than to give others the confidence to love themselves wholeheartedly and to be their true, authentic self without any shame.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about.

I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.

I'm proud of my sexuality.

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am.

It was shortly before my 18th birthday when I came out and admitted that I was gay.

I was never hiding from being gay; I just never talked about it.

'If Our Love Is Wrong' is, quite simply, my coming out song, as I was trying to wrap my head around my sexuality and was starting to learn about songwriting, and that my honesty and my authenticity came from my personal experiences and writing about stuff that genuinely bugged me or upset me.

I am lucky to say now that it is not frightening for me, living in L.A., to be gay. Even when I was in Texas, I wasn't afraid. I was kind of out in high school. I just could never decide on what label. I am glad that I am public about it, and I think I should be.

It's great to be out and proud.

Am I proud of being straight? No. You know why? Because if I start acting proud, that's going to make me seem kind of gay.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak. And being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

I have never been outed by anyone but myself!