Tab Hunter Quotes (22 Quotes)


    People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

    Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.

    I heard someone was going to be doing an unauthorized book and I just thought, get the story from the horse's mouth, not from some horse's ass,

    It's just a good career move for me, an opportunity to experience other aspects of the legal profession,

    John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.


    I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

    A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.

    I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.

    I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.

    I believe I've made a difference here. Yes, sir. I think some people have been removed from the community who needed to be removed. I'm glad I could play a role in that.

    I said, God, the press and people, they just really hate me and I'm really trying. Geraldine Page said, Listen to this, Tab. If people don't like you, that's their bad taste.

    I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.

    All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.

    When Confidential magazine published a story in 1955 that implied he was gay, I wasn't angry, I was more fearful, ... I had very, very few close friends and even a smaller number knew what my sexuality was.

    I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.

    People believe what they want to believe.

    Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

    The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.

    I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.

    He said, How do you feel about kissing a 300-pound transvestite' And I thought about it for a minute. I thought, I'm sure I've kissed a heck of a lot worse,' ... Divine was one of my favorite leading ladies.

    I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.

    I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.


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