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...RD: To not have shame. So many children are either afraid or ashamed. We were not expecting to change people?s lives but it did. It was by far the most emotionally satisfying thing I?ve ever done in my career...
...RD: It wasn?t my idea. John Hoffman and Sheila Nevins at HBO called and asked ?What are you guys doing?? At first I was worried because I didn?t want it to affect the experience of the passengers. But only five or ten percent didn?t want to be photographed, because they were either teachers or in federal law enforcement or that they could not be seen on a gay cruise or didn?t want be seen. So we had to make areas where there would be no filming or post when there was filming...
...RD: I didn?t see because I didn?t get off the boat. But I heard about it. Atallah Shabazz, Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz?s eldest daughter was on the boat as a guest and she called me when she got the note that said there would be protesters and she said ?I would like to go speak on your behalf and on behalf of the boat? which of course made me cry, it was like a movie. She?s a close friend and someone I look to for guidance in my life, spiritually and in many ways...
...RD: Sometimes. Like we went out last night to a Broadway show and there were two men who stopped us and said ?We are in the process of adopting and we want to thank you for the inspiration.? We sort of get that in a general way, but I don?t think specifically. But I do understand that we are role models, like it or not, for the gay community in terms of the family, and we take that responsibility seriously...
...RD: Well I don?t think that you have a choice, like it or not. I knew when I adopted Parker I was going to raise him in the light, and not to be ashamed, without lies. Our children have never not known. Although people in the public didn?t know that I was gay, everyone in my career always knew. Before I signed the deal with Warner Brothers to have a talk show there was a meeting and I said ?I just want to be clear in front of everyone here that I?m gay and I?m going...