Name: Jim Parsons: It's Never 'Too Late' For Gay Representation On Film
Uploaded: 2018-05-11T02:29:33.000Z
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>> Stephen: I SAID I CALLED YOUR SHOW THE "BIG BANG THIRTY."

>> OH, THAT'S ABOUT HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.

>> Stephen: NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY BY SAYING YOU'RE

LUKE AND LAURA ON GENERAL HOSPITAL -- WE HAD A BIGGER

ANYBODY HERE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE WATCHED LUKE AND LAURA GET

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SUMMER OF 1979.

THIS IS NOT WHERE WE THOUGHT THIS INTERVIEW WAS GOING.

>> Stephen: BUT YOU YOURSELF, LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE JUST GOT

MY MILESTONES IN THE FIRST YEAR YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT?

>> I WOULD SAY THE ONLY WEIRD HITCH HAS BEEN AN OCCUPATIONAL

HAZARD WHICH IS THIS, WHICH IS A RING WHICH HAS TO COME OFF FOR A

LOT OF ROLES AND SITS IN A DRESSING ROOM.

I'VE LEFT IT IN A DRESSING ROOM MORE THAN ONCE.

THE ONE I RETURN TO -- AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY LOCK IT UP AND I

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, TODD WAS UNAMUSED.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT SEEMED TO SAY WHO DOESN'T GO TO

WORK AND TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES AND JEWELRY.

>> Stephen: DO YOU TWIST IT LIKE A DOG WITH A COLLAR?

I WENT TO TWISTED AND REALIZED IT WAS GONE.

>> Stephen: SHORTLY AFTER I GOT MARRIED, I BOOKED A

COMMERCIAL, AND THEY SAID, WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR RING OFF?

I PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE AND IN THE LOCKER, WENT HOME, IT WAS A

FRIDAY, AND I WENT -- AND I CALLED AND THEY SAID, YEAH, IT'S

YOU CAN GET IT MONDAY. I KEPT MY HAND IN MY POCKET.

>> Stephen: NO, SHE'S FINDING OUT NOW, 25 YEARS LATER.

( APPLAUSE ) >> OTHER THAN JUST SHEER LOVE

AND DEVOTION, I CAN'T LIVE WITH THE LEVEL OF DECEIT, IT MAKES ME

TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING FROM THE PERSON YOU'RE --

( LAUGHTER ) WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF.

>> Stephen: GOT RUDY OUT THERE FOR ME AND EVERYTHING.

>> Stephen: NEW THEATER, "THE BOYS IN THE BAND."

>> Stephen: I'M SON FUSED ABOUT THREE THINGS.

YOU'RE NOT BOYS, THERE IS NO BAND AND THERE ARE NO

NO ONE WEARS BLACK TURTLENECKS, THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE SOME SORT OF GERMAN

>> NO, THERE ARE NO TURTLENECKS IN THE PLAY.

FIRST OFF, THE PURVIS PARKER AND QUADREVION HENNING IS, I THINK,

A REFERENCE TO A LINE IN A JUDY GARLAND FILM -- I THINK IT'S

JUDY GARLAND WHERE THE GUY SAYS DON'T BE NERVOUS JUST GO IN

THERE AND SING LIKE YOU DID FOR WITH BOYS IN THE BAND.

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, SO THERE'S THAT.

( LAUGHTER ) THE TURTLENECKS IS BECAUSE THIS

IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF THIS PLAY WHICH IS

FIRST IN 1968 WHEN IT WAS VERY, VERY GROUNDBREAKING.

THIS WAS THE FIRST KIND OF INSIGHT INTO WHAT GAY LIFE MAY

LOOK LIKE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT

ALL TAKES PLACE AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ONE OF THE MAIN

CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ZACH QUINTO AND (BLEEP) HITS THE FAN DURING

THE EVENING, BUT IN THE PROCESS YOU GET A LOT ABOUT THE WAY

>> Stephen: IN PRIVATE BECAUSE THEIR SEXUALITY HAD TO BE

>> Stephen: IT'S SET IN 1968, YES, BUT WE DON'T HIT OVER THE

( LAUGHTER ) THIS WAS A MIMIC, A COPY OF ONE

OF THE ORIGINAL VERY POPULAR PUBLICITY STILLS DONE FOR THE

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