Free Hollywood Gays by Boze Hadleigh Page A
Authors: Boze Hadleigh
admire?
A: The rich ones. Kidding! My father was a famous actor, for New York. When New York counted for much more than today. They’d say, “Let’s go see the new Osgood Perkins play.”
Q: Did you become an actor because of him?
A: For me, that’s not a good question. Too complex.
Q: What other actors do you admire?
A: I like Monty Clift and Cary Grant. Lon Chaney, Jr., in Of Mice and Men ....Then I found out Cary Grant beat up on his wives. Or not beat up, but he used to hit them.
Q: Where did you hear this?
A: Maybe not all his wives, but he did hit two for certain. I know people who know them or knew them. I didn’t ask, but it all gets broadcast.
Q: I imagine there’s far more of that than ever gets reported.
A: It takes two.
Q: What does?
A: I’m against wife-beating, of course. (Pause.)
Q: We should talk about you.
A: I don’t like to talk about me.
Q: You must tire of questions about Psycho ?
A: (Yawning sound.)
Q: Is there someone special in your life now?
A: Bad question.
Q: Do you think a friend is more important than a lover?
A: (In a hostile tone.) What do you mean, a lover?
Q: Someone you have sex with, and perhaps love. You know, an affair?
A: Having a best friend is the best, for anyone.
Q: Do you often get asked—and this can be off the record for Screen —why you haven’t married?
A: Why don’t they ask people why they do marry?
Q: What reasons do you think they’d give?
A: Recurring ones. Like getting away from your parents, giving in to your parents, loneliness... marrying for money, and some people would marry the first person that asks them—
Q: That’s insecurity or very good luck.
A: But don’t ask about marriage. Bad topic.
Q: Do you ever get lonely?
A: That’s not relevant.
Q: Maybe the question isn’t. Not being married doesn’t mean being alone—or single.
A: I couldn’t tell you.
Q: Being a movie star, one imagines there are thousands who’d want you, on various levels.
A: Yeah! Want a piece of you. Any star. They want a piece of the star’s fortune, they want a piece of ass, some of the fame, a few memories, something to brag about...or they even want your soul. But that’s usually an agent.
Q: Janet Leigh was Oscar-nominated for Psycho , but you weren’t, and your role was more demanding as well as extensive.
A: Right.
Q: You must have been disappointed.
A: I was glad for her.
Q: But hurt?
A: Do you think I was?
Q: Would there be a reason the Academy might shun you? Or shy away from nominating you as Norman?
A: That sort of answers itself, doesn’t it?
Q: Do you ever regret having played Norman?
A: Bad question.
Q: This year you turn 40. What does that feel like?
A: Wait and see.
Q: You’re still boyish, but as an actor, is aging an anxiety or a relief?
A: I feel indifferent to it. I don’t think it’ll affect what they want me to play.
Q: Will you be writing any more movies, perhaps on your own?
A: Of course. Lots and lots and lots of them! (He didn’t.)
Q: Australians still vividly remember Anthony Perkins, as they usually call you. Partly because you went there to film On the Beach (1959) with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, and Fred Astaire.
A: They remember me vividly? (Sarcastically, suspiciously.) What did I do to warrant that?
Q: It’s an expression. The people at the magazine seem to really like you.
A: They haven’t met me.
Q: (“Maybe that’s why,” I’m thinking.) I’m supposed to ask if you have “fond memories” of Australia?
A: I just love Down Under.
Q: Do you?
A: Do you want to find out?
Q: You filmed in Melbourne, correct?
A: Melbourne. I’d like to spend some time in Sydney.
Q: Hmm. That new opera house alone would be worth the trip.
A: I’ve
A: The rich ones. Kidding! My father was a famous actor, for New York. When New York counted for much more than today. They’d say, “Let’s go see the new Osgood Perkins play.”
Q: Did you become an actor because of him?
A: For me, that’s not a good question. Too complex.
Q: What other actors do you admire?
A: I like Monty Clift and Cary Grant. Lon Chaney, Jr., in Of Mice and Men ....Then I found out Cary Grant beat up on his wives. Or not beat up, but he used to hit them.
Q: Where did you hear this?
A: Maybe not all his wives, but he did hit two for certain. I know people who know them or knew them. I didn’t ask, but it all gets broadcast.
Q: I imagine there’s far more of that than ever gets reported.
A: It takes two.
Q: What does?
A: I’m against wife-beating, of course. (Pause.)
Q: We should talk about you.
A: I don’t like to talk about me.
Q: You must tire of questions about Psycho ?
A: (Yawning sound.)
Q: Is there someone special in your life now?
A: Bad question.
Q: Do you think a friend is more important than a lover?
A: (In a hostile tone.) What do you mean, a lover?
Q: Someone you have sex with, and perhaps love. You know, an affair?
A: Having a best friend is the best, for anyone.
Q: Do you often get asked—and this can be off the record for Screen —why you haven’t married?
A: Why don’t they ask people why they do marry?
Q: What reasons do you think they’d give?
A: Recurring ones. Like getting away from your parents, giving in to your parents, loneliness... marrying for money, and some people would marry the first person that asks them—
Q: That’s insecurity or very good luck.
A: But don’t ask about marriage. Bad topic.
Q: Do you ever get lonely?
A: That’s not relevant.
Q: Maybe the question isn’t. Not being married doesn’t mean being alone—or single.
A: I couldn’t tell you.
Q: Being a movie star, one imagines there are thousands who’d want you, on various levels.
A: Yeah! Want a piece of you. Any star. They want a piece of the star’s fortune, they want a piece of ass, some of the fame, a few memories, something to brag about...or they even want your soul. But that’s usually an agent.
Q: Janet Leigh was Oscar-nominated for Psycho , but you weren’t, and your role was more demanding as well as extensive.
A: Right.
Q: You must have been disappointed.
A: I was glad for her.
Q: But hurt?
A: Do you think I was?
Q: Would there be a reason the Academy might shun you? Or shy away from nominating you as Norman?
A: That sort of answers itself, doesn’t it?
Q: Do you ever regret having played Norman?
A: Bad question.
Q: This year you turn 40. What does that feel like?
A: Wait and see.
Q: You’re still boyish, but as an actor, is aging an anxiety or a relief?
A: I feel indifferent to it. I don’t think it’ll affect what they want me to play.
Q: Will you be writing any more movies, perhaps on your own?
A: Of course. Lots and lots and lots of them! (He didn’t.)
Q: Australians still vividly remember Anthony Perkins, as they usually call you. Partly because you went there to film On the Beach (1959) with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, and Fred Astaire.
A: They remember me vividly? (Sarcastically, suspiciously.) What did I do to warrant that?
Q: It’s an expression. The people at the magazine seem to really like you.
A: They haven’t met me.
Q: (“Maybe that’s why,” I’m thinking.) I’m supposed to ask if you have “fond memories” of Australia?
A: I just love Down Under.
Q: Do you?
A: Do you want to find out?
Q: You filmed in Melbourne, correct?
A: Melbourne. I’d like to spend some time in Sydney.
Q: Hmm. That new opera house alone would be worth the trip.
A: I’ve
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