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Neil Patrick Harris says he is gay (Doogie Howser)
Yahoo! News ^ | November 3, 2006

Posted on 11/03/2006 6:17:48 PM PST by PJ-Comix

LOS ANGELES - Neil Patrick Harris is gay and wants to quell any rumors to the contrary. "(I) am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest," Harris tells People magazine's Web site.

The 33-year-old actor said he was motivated to disclose his sexuality because of recent "speculation and interest in my private life and relationships."

Harris stars on the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother." He started on TV as a teen, playing the namesake doctor on the series "Doogie Howser, M.D."


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: doogiehowser; filmactorsguild; homosexualagenda; neilpatrickharris
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To: PJ-Comix

41 posted on 11/03/2006 10:26:50 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (Natalie Maines fears me...)
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To: zarf
Proctology?
42 posted on 11/03/2006 10:30:46 PM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: durasell; PJ-Comix

Bette Davis said in order to be an actress, a woman has to be more than a woman; and to be an actor, a man has to be less than a man.

Statistically, that's about right.


43 posted on 11/03/2006 11:21:48 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

She wasn't referencing sexuality...


44 posted on 11/03/2006 11:24:29 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

Sure she was.


45 posted on 11/03/2006 11:26:43 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

She was referencing what is weirdly known as "the craft" in which men have to discard their personality and women have to inflate their presence to often overshadow a man.


46 posted on 11/03/2006 11:30:04 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

FYI -- that quote is also attributed to Richard Burton


47 posted on 11/03/2006 11:37:47 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

That was not my understanding when I met her once and asked her about her oft-quoted comment. She was very forthcoming. I remember blushing through much of her candor.


48 posted on 11/03/2006 11:40:27 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: durasell

I never met him. But it would hold up equally well, from what I've heard.


49 posted on 11/03/2006 11:41:21 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

She was probably being a smart aleck. Actors love to denigrate their profession and each other and themselves...


50 posted on 11/03/2006 11:44:16 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

Are you an actor?


51 posted on 11/03/2006 11:49:15 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Moose4

if Free Republic awarded prizes for posts ...

pure gold


52 posted on 11/03/2006 11:49:34 PM PST by daku ("Behold this creature that walks like a man. It wants ketchup on its hot dog.")
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To: PJ-Comix
"Neil Patrick Harris says he is gay (Doogie Howser)"

Whoa! Color me underwhelmed!

53 posted on 11/03/2006 11:52:14 PM PST by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

No, but I play one on TV...

Sorry, couldn't resist. No, not an actor, but I've spent a good portion of my adult life around various people in the arts, actors included. The profession and "craft" is fascinating to me, but many of them are just nutty as hell.


54 posted on 11/03/2006 11:52:17 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

The problem is even when they're pretending they think it's real.


"I'm an actress! I have ALL the emotions!" -- Goldie Hawn, "First Wives Club."


55 posted on 11/03/2006 11:54:56 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

The problem is even when they're pretending they think it's real.



If they're any good, yeah. If they're any good they actually re-wire their brains in a role to give a good performance. And if you ask them how they do it, they can't tell you.


56 posted on 11/03/2006 11:57:50 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell
The trick to acting is to cultivate an unnatural lack of inhibition.

And never move your eyebrows.

57 posted on 11/04/2006 12:04:14 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

And never move your eyebrows.





Jack Nicholson never got that one down...


58 posted on 11/04/2006 12:07:54 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

Spencer Tracy Gay? Hmmmmm.

Doesn't matter, IMHO Tracy is the greatest screen actor in history.


59 posted on 11/04/2006 7:47:54 AM PST by Mike Darancette ( Europe will either become Christian again or become Muslim. Not the "culture of nothing".)
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To: Mike Darancette

Doesn't matter, IMHO Tracy is the greatest screen actor in history





He was one of those rare things, a movie star who is also an actor.


60 posted on 11/04/2006 9:57:18 AM PST by durasell (!)
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