“OK, I get it: I am going to live. Yeah, yeah, that’s great – now who’s gonna pay for my fucking Lexus? I had intended on dying before I ever had to make any major payments. I bought it as a going-away present to myself and financed the whole thing, even the taxes. Now, with new meds, I see a future, a future that is heavily mortgaged. For the past 16 years, I have planned to die within the next year. It is how I have lived my life.”

“Prejudices and dislike will, ultimately, only recede when gay people themselves break the spell of silence and stand up to be counted. … When growing numbers of Asian Australians, Arab Australians, Aboriginals and ‘reffos’ [refugees] came to be known on a personal level, it was impossible to sustain the previous feelings of hate, discrimination and superiority.”

“I have this big pink cross to bear. I absolutely loved playing Will. There was nothing hard about it. It was wonderful. But the only downside is the aftermath. I meet all these film executives who tell me how much they loved Will & Grace and say they never missed an episode. Then they say, ‘So what can we do for you?’ What they could do for me is hire me to play someone else. … I just need to find that one film that will change people’s minds about me.”

Assistance: Bill Kelley