Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon. John Barrowman More Quotes by John Barrowman More Quotes From John Barrowman I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments. John Barrowman positivitysongpeople Never apologize for being nerdy, because un-nerdy people never apologize for being assholes. John Barrowman apologizinggeekpeople I would love to lecture to women on men. I'd tell them everything about men: gay, straight, bi, how we're all the same, how we're all bastards. John Barrowman lecturesgaymen I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that? John Barrowman gayheromen I do tend to eat healthily most of the time, but I don't restrict myself. I believe in eating anything and everything in moderation and doing some exercise. John Barrowman anything-and-everythingexercisebelieve Honestly, the world can be a dark enough place. Light it up. John Barrowman lightdarkworld For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is. John Barrowman middlereasonknows Many things shaped my identity as a young boy: a strong selfworth (something that was instilled in all three Barrowman siblings by our parents), my immersion in theatre and music, and my DNA. I was born gay. It's not a choice I – or anyone else who is gay – made. If it were, why on earth would anyone choose to be part of a minority, part of a group that in so many cultures and countries, even in the twenty-first century, is regularly blasphemed, hounded and worse? John Barrowman siblingstrongcountry I am not one of those actors who dwells on the histrionics and the subtext and future text of the character. I deal with the scenes that I'm doing at that specific time, because if I do that, they play in more of a real way. John Barrowman realplaycharacter There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended. John Barrowman captain-jackpuncaptains I think my biggest appeal for fans is probably the fact that I'm honest. I'm up front about who I am. I'm a little naughty. I have a naughty side and everybody knows that. But I know when to use that and when not to. John Barrowman naughtywho-i-amthinking Some people are gay. Get over it! John Barrowman over-itgaypeople We get the scripts before the table read, but I don't look at them until we go into the table read. I don't want to know, when I'm playing a moment in the current episode, what's going to happen because it might change how I'm playing that. John Barrowman tableswantlooks I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.' John Barrowman sorrydreamboys I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people. John Barrowman judgementalwishpeople Never apologize for being nerdy. John Barrowman nerdyapologizing Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born. John Barrowman typebornshy You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just deal with spaceships and aliens all the time, because we've done that. Our science fiction is more psychological. John Barrowman differentfictionyears Love is love, no matter who you fall in love with, love is love, it can be painful, it can be wonderful. John Barrowman falling-in-lovematterlove-is I'm not one of those actors who likes to analyze things too much, so I trust what the writers are doing with the characters, in order to give them their journey. My job is to come in and try to make those words on the page come alive on camera. John Barrowman journeyjobscharacter
