BD Wong quotes:

Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.

I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, complicated and weird. I had no idea what an amazing way it is to reach people.

I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.