“It’s a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish. [Pro-same-sex-marriage courts] are only reaffirming the natural progression of the human condition. I don’t understand why there’s always a fight [from conservatives]. They always lose, they will continue to lose, so why bother?”

“I was aware that Bob [‘Brady Bunch’ dad Robert Reed] was gay from the pilot. He didn’t tell me – I have very good gaydar. We were doing the pilot and got to the love scene, and Bob got very nervous. He said things like, ‘I don’t want to do it this way.’ I thought, ‘I know what’s wrong. Bob is gay.’ Our director didn’t put up with very much, and was getting a little angry. I went to him and said, ‘Why don’t you back off and let me handle the scene and not make such a fuss?’ He did, and the scene went great. I knew Bob was gay. The kids knew. It was unspoken. I always felt great compassion for him because he essentially had to lead a double life. Bob adored the kids, we were his family. He was very discreet. He wasn’t flamboyant at all. He knew that I knew, and we didn’t have to talk about it.”

“It’s kind of like people saw a snippet of your summer vacation three years ago. They saw your home videos, and they’re still talking about it. For you, you’ve moved on, you have new projects, but your sort of vacation is still being played worldwide. It’s very interesting when I travel, especially in the gay community. I speak French, Spanish, Chinese – languages I didn’t know I spoke, because it’s been dubbed and sold worldwide. For me, it was almost four years ago we taped it. It’s a strange, strange beast. Very strange. Yeah.”