I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and…

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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The...

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The...

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no...

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no...

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise....

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise....

Political movements always belong to the young.

Political movements always belong to the young.

To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a...

To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a...

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre...

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre...

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very...

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very...

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe...

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe...

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps...

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps...

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like...

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like...

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would...

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would...

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all...

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all...

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years....

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years....