David Furnish Quotes

David Furnish

Profession : Director

Birth : October 25, 1962

I came from a happy family with loving parents, so my associations with marriage and children were all happy, positive things that brought me comfort as a child, which I wanted in my life.

David Furnish

In strictly medical terms, there's no difference between HIV and diabetes; they're not curable, but they're very, very highly treatable, and early information is power. The only thing - literally the only thing - that is different is the stigma. And we have to overcome it, because it is now the only reason people are dying.

David Furnish

I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents - that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough - that you can make your dreams come true.

David Furnish

I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art.

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One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.

David Furnish

If you look at 'Gnomeo & Juliet,' the movie's message essentially says it doesn't matter if you're a 'red' or a 'blue': at the end of the day, parents should love their children and want what's best for them.

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I think people get fearful of things they don't know or understand.

David Furnish

Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division.

David Furnish

I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian.

David Furnish

I haven't done much art shopping in Vegas. It tends to be from galleries that are London- or L.A.- or New York-based. We've never had someone standing over our shoulder telling us something is a good investment.

David Furnish

A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it.

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I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob.

David Furnish

I like Madonna's music but not her movies. She should stick to what she is good at.

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I love diamond jewellery on men, and pocket scarves, cravats, cufflinks. The trick is to throw it together so it's natural and not contrived. That's real style.

David Furnish

Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia.

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Kids will often see something different and feel insecure about it because they don't understand it.

David Furnish

I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a gay circle of friends. I was seeing some men, seeing some women, and trying to sort it all out.

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My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had.

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We all live by example.

David Furnish

We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are.

David Furnish