''There are two reasons really. One is that I enjoy working and even though many have this idealistic belief that the entertainment industry and studios like Walt Disney are gay friendly. For the most part they are, but that doesn't mean for them that business does not come first. It's a matter of economics.....Cogsworth, the character I did on Beauty and the Beast could be a bit flamboyant on screen, because basically he is a cartoon, but they didn't want Cogsworth to become Disney's gay character, because it got around a gay man was playing him. I haven't witnessed such things occurring in a long, long time.''

David Ogden Stiers, most famous for his role as the snooty Dr. Winchester in the long-running TV series M*A*S*H and also for his off-screen voice acting, explaining why he waited till age 66 to open up about his life as a gay man. (Gossip-Boy.com)