Tab Hunter Professions : Actor Born : July 11, 1931 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Tab Hunter 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. Tab Hunter dislike-me winning people 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. Tab Hunter hate heart people I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life. Tab Hunter asks I did Polyester, and I dont regret one minute of it. It was wonderful. Tab Hunter minutes regret wonderful I was a major fan of people in the industry, I was a major movie fan and I was just thrown into it. I was never a gregarious kind of a young man. I was very frightened. It was difficult to divorce myself from myself. Tab Hunter divorce men people 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. Tab Hunter three two years Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns. Tab Hunter spaghetti individualism hollywood 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. Tab Hunter single-mom people thinking John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real. Tab Hunter wayne real stuff 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. Tab Hunter training important people I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall. Tab Hunter off-the-wall wall water I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role. Tab Hunter tests roles battle People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting. Tab Hunter disgusting importance people People believe what they want to believe. Tab Hunter want believe people Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor. Tab Hunter rocks guy humor I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy. Tab Hunter denial crazy mother Once in a while a good opportunity would come along, like the first 'Playhouse 90 ever to air - working in television afforded me my best opportunities. The (film) industry was going through such turmoil at the time - studios didn't know where to go anymore, they were falling apart, television was there. They didn't know what kind of films people wanted. The European films were making a huge impact because those films wanted real people in real situations. Tab Hunter real opportunity fall I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy. Tab Hunter jeopardy workaholic I just have never been comfortable talking about my sexuality, i think it was easier with the movie because it was quite a few years later after the book. But it's still not my comfort zone. I was just brought up that way. I'm very old-fashioned. Tab Hunter top-news I never mentioned my sexuality to Warner Bros. at all and they never mentioned it to me, thank God. Tab Hunter top-news Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
