I graduated from high school in `62 and I didn`t know any people who were gay. I`m sure there were people, but I didn`t know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.
Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it.
An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, `Here, come and do this,` That`s the hard part.