[12/29] Sexual Preference in Actors

There's something that really bugs me about when people speak their minds about a celebrities sexual preference. I was looking at some message boards and someone thought this actor acted gay, so they asked the public. This actor is on a TV show and he's kissed a few girls on it. There were multiple answers saying, "He's not gay! He kisses girls on the show!"

Excuse me? It's his job to act the part that he is given. The most famous examples would be Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal. They played gay characters in Brokeback Mountain, but they're not gay. Just because they PLAY a PART doesn't mean they are actually that part. That's the beauty of acting. You cannot say that Gyllenhaal is gay just because he plays a part in a movie; he's an actor. Neil Patrick Harris, an openly gay man, is straight in some of his roles. There are many other different actors that play a part that are opposite from their own sexuality.

My point is, you cannot determine a persons sexual preference on a part they play. Now, there are some exemptions and I understand that, but the point of acting is that you play a part that is not you, that might be challenging. All-in-all and most importantly, it's not even our business if they're straight or gay.