Nathan Lane
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I had a crush on the guy playing Benny Southstreet.
And we โ something had developed and he lived in New York.
And so I was going to move to New York.
And so I sat her down because we had been through a lot together and I thought โ I had never lied to her.
And I had been telling her I had been seeing a girl but I was seeing โ I said to her, I know you think I've been seeing a girl but I've been seeing a guy.
And she turned white and looked very shocked and she said โ
You mean you're a homosexual, she said.
And I said, yeah, I guess so.
And she said, oh, Joseph, I would rather you were dead.
And I said, I knew you'd understand.
And once I got her head out of the oven, everything was fine.
And I remember at one point I was dating a modern dancer and he was very handsome.
And we were at a gathering at Sardi's and he was โ this dancer was there and my mother was there.
And I introduced them and he went off to get drinks for her and myself and she looked at me and went โ
He's very good.
That's right.
Oh, my God, yes.
Yeah, she was, you know, she lived to 84.
She was at all those openings.