I have no respect for someone who lies about their sexuality. At the very least say ‘no comment’, just keep your personal life personal. If you’re going to closet yourself, that sends a negative message. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
I’ve never encountered homophobia in casting from the studios or networks – not once, not ever. Where you encounter it is with the agents and the managers, they’re the ones who have an outdated notion of the price an actor might pay if it’s discovered that they’re LGBTQ. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
I’m my mother’s son, so when it comes to altruism and understanding how to do things to benefit a person’s life… the women in my life have been much better than the men. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
We love and adore our surrogate, we speak to her and her family constantly, I’m sure our son will speak to her for the rest of his life as well. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
Through my political work in D.C., and having done ‘Milk’ I got to know a lot of gay octogenarians. They are lovely and they like to tell their stories, and I like hearing them. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
I think that our view of love and family informs our work, the way we empathize with people. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
To be gay means you are drawn to the same sex. You can be gay and abstinent. But it’s a part of who you are, an identity, not an act. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
Just like my mom, when things get bad, I get quiet. The worse they get, the more silent I become. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote
People are always going to disagree politically, because we all come at the law from a different perspective with different needs. Dustin Lance Black Read Quote