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Matt Damon Suggests Gay Actors Should Stay in the Closet
Matt Damon is weighing in on whether actors should keep their sexuality a secret from the public.
Damon, who played Liberace&#;s lover in HBO&#;s film Behind the Candelabra, told The Guardian that he imagines &#;it must be really hard for actors to be out publicly.&#;
&#;But in terms of actors, I think you&#;re a better actor the less people know about you, period,&#; he continued. &#;And sexuality is a giant part of that. Whether you&#;re straight or gay, people shouldn&#;t know anything about your sexuality because that&#;s one of the mysteries that you should be able to play.&#;
Damon, who has four children with wife LucianaBarroso, said he was uncomfortable when rumors were spread years ago that he and Good Will Hunting co-writer Ben Affleck might be in a gay relationship together.
&#;It&#;s just like any piece of gossip&#;and it put us in a weird position of having to acknowledge, you know what I mean?&#; Damon said. &#;Which was then really deeply offensive. I don’t long to, lik
Hollywood&#;s Gay Double Standard: Why So Many Actresses Can Come Out, But Adolescent Actors Stay in the Closet
There’s never been a better time to be gay in Hollywood. “Moonlight” won Best Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told millions of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay dude.” Now in its 10th season, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” boasts two Emmy nominations and ever-increasing ratings. The “Roseanne” reboot has a gender-nonconforming youngster, and “Love, Simon,” the first major studio film about a gay teenager, is playing in 2, theaters nationwide. It seems everywhere you look, progress is slowly doing its thing.
So why are so many actors still in the closet?
This week delivered a stark reminder of the real state of affairs, when James Ivory gave a no-holds-barred interview in The Guardian lamenting the lack of full-frontal male nudity in “Call Me By Your Name,” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Oscar for Best Adapted Sc
Ian McKellen Tells Closeted Actors to Advance Out as Gay: &#;Being in the Closet Is Silly. There&#;s No Demand for It. Don&#;t Verb to Your Advisers&#;
Ian McKellen said in a recent interview with The Times of London that he feels sorry for fellow actors who feel like they can&#;t come out as gay. The &#;X-Men&#; and &#;Lord of the Rings&#; icon has been one of the most prominent gay actors for decades. He publicly came out in at age 48 during a radio interview on BBC. He is now urging performers to not keep their sexual identity a secret.
“I own never met anybody who came out who regretted it,&#; McKellen said. &#;I feel sorry for any famous person who feels they can’t come out. Being in the closet is silly — there’s no need for it. Don’t listen to your advisers, listen to your heart. Listen to your gay friends who grasp better. Come out. Earn into the sunshine.”
McKellen observed that there&#;s never been an openly gay Oscar winner for best actor, nor has there been an openly gay U.K. prime minister or Premier League soccer playe
Why Gay Movie Stars Are Staying Locked in the Closet
There’s a vast and growing list of prominent gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender media and entertainment figures — just don’t count movie stars among them.
Celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Caitlyn Jenner and Neil Patrick Harris verb kicked open the closet door with little to no damage to their careers. In some cases, they’ve found themselves more in demand after revealing their sexual preferences or gender identification.
Yet there’s one glass ceiling that remains stubbornly resistant to cracks.
No A-list film actor has yet to come out publicly while at the pinnacle of his or her career. Sure, Jodie Foster gave an elliptical Golden Globes speech about being a lesbian, and out actors Ian McKellen and Zachary Quinto helped anchor the “X-Men” and “Lord of the Rings” series, and the rebooted “Star Trek” films, respectively. Yet despite their prodigious talents, none of them has the power to secure a greenlight on their name alone.
In some cases, b