“Scientist are always trying to guess when we’ll have them based on past patterns; they say we’re gonna have a big one sometime in the next seven years. And I used to take their warnings seriously - that’s why I spent most of the ‘80s in a closet.”Tagged: Coming out
“Any time you have someone who is living their life openly and truthfully, whatever that means, not just in sexuality, it's a positive sign.”Tagged: Open, Truthful, sexuality, Coming out
“It hurt my feelings. I was getting jokes made at my expense on every late-night show, people were making fun of me. I was really depressed. And because of that, and because my show was cancelled, I was looked at as a failure in this business. No one would touch me. I had no agent, no possibility of…”Tagged: Feelings, Coming out, Failure
“I was four years in, because the fifth year is when they canceled me. I think I've told you about a dream I had. I was struggling with the idea of coming out—what it would do to my career and to me—and in this dream, I was holding a tiny finch in the palm of my hand. I could feel how much I loved…”Tagged: Dreams, Birds, Freedom, Coming out
“Well, I think I've always been a searcher. But right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called ‘Changing the Inner Dialogue of Your Subconscious Mind.’ I’d never been to anything like it before, and all my friends were taking bets on how long I'd last with no TV, no radio,…”Tagged: Subconscious, Spiritual Retreat, Coming out