Inside the Hollywood Closet: A book of Quotes

by Boze Hadleigh

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Join legendary Hollywood scribe Boze Hadleigh in this journey back in time as he examines what it was like to be gay in Hollywood during Tinseltown’s heyday, as well as how things have changed and what the future of gay Hollywood looks like. Today. Hadleigh examines both the obvious and hidden costs of being queer I Hollywood from both the inside looking out, and the outside looking in.

Hadleigh brings us quotes and statements from such stars as Rock Hudson, Truman Capote, Cary Grant, Neil Patrick Harris, kd Lang, Ellen DeGeneres, Jodie Foster, Queen Latifah, Little Naz, Oscar Wilde, Sammy Davis Jr., Ellen Page, Rosie O’Donnell, Ian McKellan, Bea Arthur, Buttlerfy McQueen, Chaz Bono, Elton John, Remi Malek, Wanda Sykes, among others.

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"I remember when outing meant a family picnic."--comedian Rodney Dangerfield

"I spoke about being with a woman because I'd discovered something wonderful and I thought people should know my experience was very real, very normal."--Angelina Jolie

"I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television."--Dan Butler (Frasier)

"There is a superstar actor who seems to live in terror that something about his earliest days in Hollywood may become widely known: that he was employed by a top male-escort service that serviced men."--director GeneSaks (Mame), ex husband of Bea Arthur

"On the original Star Trek William Shatner didn't get along with George Takei, who he knew was gay. Decades later when George came out and became this online and media gay icon, it irked Shatner."--Bill Lutz,1960s TV casting director

"Some people already dislike me. Why give them more ammunition?"--closeted English actor Denholm Elliott, whose widow outed him in a book

"The network suits were very nervous about romantic implications between Batman and Robin the wonderful boy--did I say that? I meant Robin the Boy Wonder. But myriad viewers still caught some kind of lavender vibe. Hey, we were both great-looking. Istill look good, anyway."--Batman/Bruce Wayne Adam West

"I was desperate to be outed, but nobody would publish the fact. Lots of journalists still believe they're protecting you by not putting it into their articles."--actor turned playwright (The Stand-In) Keith Curran

"A friend of mine commented when the guy came into the office how Trump is really down o nhomosexuals. I said, sweetie, he's really down on people, period."--Cher

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Boze Hadleigh

Boze Hadleigh, author of Conversations with My Elders, Celebrity Feuds!and Broadway Babylon, has written more than 15 books. The author splits his time, when not traveling the world, between Beverly Hills and Hong Kong.

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