But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.

Nathan Lane

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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are... by Nathan Lane

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

be-who-you-are healthy thinking

Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - yo... by Nathan Lane

Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

theatre musical math

Take a shot of vodka and hope for the best. by Nathan Lane

Take a shot of vodka and hope for the best.

hoping-for-the-best vodka shots

I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.

joining parades born

I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown. by Nathan Lane

I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

sad-clown clown

I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date. by Nathan Lane

I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date.

fats kids school

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going t... by Nathan Lane

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

annoying matter facts

'The Producers' is a sort of a once in a lifetime kind of phenomenon, and I was grateful to be a part of it.

once-in-a-lifetime grateful kind

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.

audience wells stage

It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along

figure-skating cliche figures

A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.

stage-performance video theatre

There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'

gay attention moving

I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house... by Nathan Lane

I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire.

siding aluminum house

Hollywood... Real diamonds, fake breasts. by Nathan Lane

Hollywood... Real diamonds, fake breasts.

fake hollywood real

There's a freedom there and an understanding of my career and the things I've done. I'm seen here as primarily a comic actor, which is OK, but I can go to New York and I do something that's very emotional. It would be lovely at some point to do something like that on film.

emotional careers new-york

I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other. by Nathan Lane

I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.

strong inspire way

I'll always go back to the stage. by Nathan Lane

I'll always go back to the stage.

stage

I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood. by Nathan Lane

I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

hollywood goes-on knows

People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did... by Nathan Lane

People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.

people

One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The Good Wife.' I just can't tell whether I should like you or hate you!'

hate love-you people