"I didn't want to tell her, but before I left, we had been through so much together and, you know, I had never lied to her, and so I sat her down and said, 'Look, I know you think I've been seeing a girl, but actually, I've been seeing a guy.'"
"She said, 'You mean you're a homosexual?' And I had never heard it put that way. And I said, 'Yeah, I guess so.' And she didn't say it in a vindictive or angry way. She said it with a sort of sadness, 'I would rather you were dead.'"
"I felt like I needed to do that. I needed to be honest with her, right? Because, I guess, I felt on some level she might understand, but she didn't."
"My brother Dan, you know, was a teacher, and we had a long walk and talk and he was very understanding, and yet I think he felt, probably in some way, that he had failed me."
Nathan Lane recounted his coming out experience during an interview. He felt compelled to tell his mother before moving to New York for acting. When he revealed he was seeing a guy, his mother responded with sadness, expressing a wish that he were dead. Lane hoped for more support from her. He asked her not to inform his brothers, but she did so anyway. His brother Dan was understanding but felt a sense of failure regarding Lane's situation.
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