“There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But there's still one inner sanctum I'm not allowed in. That's the one I'm fixated on.” StillsCertainStarsMy OwnDoorsWeekendOscarsFabulous Author:Kevin Sessums
“I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't experience the real prom: the nerds, gay, arty outsiders. Hollywood is high school with money.” RealSchoolSweetGayHigh SchoolHollywoodWeekendOutsidersOscarsNerdVulgarityProm Author:Kevin Sessums
“Just to put that in some context, 1954 was the same year that From Here to Eternity won an Oscar. Swanson's manufactured its first TV dinner. The Army-McCarthy hearings were televised. The term "under God" was inserted into the "Pledge of Allegiance." Steve Allen's Tonight Show premiered. Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature. And Bob Dylan was bar mitzvahed.” YearsFirstsShowsLiteratureTermTvsEternityArmyHearingDinnerBarsTonightPrizeBobOscarsDylanPledgeAllegianceNobelNobel PrizePledge Of AllegianceBar Mitzvah Author:Kevin Sessums
“If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.” IfsMenWorldWrittenGayCriticismEducatedOscarsWilde Author:Kevin Sessums
“Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar Wilde scene. Even though I also knew there was such a thing as the Harvard-Yale game, I was still a little surprised that Harvard had a football team. I just assumed if there were such a thing as gay people, that they were nothing like us. Little did I know that probably half the swim team at Yale was gay.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindLittlesStillsGuyGamesCitiesHalfTeamEffectsFootballSceneGaySwimOscarsHarvardGay PeopleFootball TeamKansasYaleCapesWildeKansas CityGnarlySwim Team Author:Kevin Sessums
