David Furnish Quotes

David Furnish

Profession : Director

Birth : October 25, 1962

Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.

David Furnish

We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model.

David Furnish

Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones.

David Furnish

If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K.

David Furnish

It's interesting how Rod Stewart can father a child at 65, and a straight, single footballer named Cristiano Ronaldo can arrange to have a surrogate have a baby, and neither of them receives any criticism.

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I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school.

David Furnish

I was neeeever a cool kid.

David Furnish

I studied really, really hard, rather boringly.

David Furnish

When 1.2 million people come together for Pride in Toronto, that's great, but we now need to start paying it forward and thinking about the rest of the world.

David Furnish

Putin is lovely.

David Furnish

Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path, it's not what people, I think, expect from a great animated film.

David Furnish

When you get the high art of William Shakespeare and the greatest love story ever told, and you collision crash it with the low art of the tacky garden gnome, you're going to have lots and lots of opportunity for fun and putting your tongue very firmly in your cheek.

David Furnish

The past is past; what's gone on has gone on.

David Furnish

You have to acknowledge that films that have a strong concept and are easily marketed to people are the ones that stand the biggest chance of success.

David Furnish

I ran away from small-town Canada to London; I ran away from my family because I didn't think I could be the person I was.

David Furnish

Everyone should be tested. Whenever they have a check-up, they should test for HIV, because if we can get to a point in our society where everyone is automatically tested, nobody will fall through the net.

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People don't ask me for my autograph.

David Furnish

When Stephen Harper was elected as the new Conservative Prime Minister - and he talked about repealing gay marriage and putting it to a vote in the House of Commons - Elton and I talked about getting married in Canada to make a statement, for ideological and political reasons.

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I've had many friends over the years who have been in same-sex relationships, and the family denies hospital visitations when one is sick. Or when the estate is settled and people who have built a life together has everything taken away from them either by the families or the taxman.

David Furnish

I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life.

David Furnish