Tommy Dorfman Quotes

Tommy Dorfman

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 13, 1992

When I was in high school, there weren't a lot of out gay actors playing gay roles. I didn't see myself represented truthfully in the media.

Tommy Dorfman

I feel like Hollywood likes to use gay people to tell either really sad gay stories starring straight actors, or everything's about a struggle. Everything's about coming out. Nothing was about just living and breathing as a human being who happens to be gay.

Tommy Dorfman

It was exciting to play a gay person in high school who's really proud of himself and isn't dealing with the sort of typical story line - the coming-out story - but is already out and sort of an advocate in his own way.

Tommy Dorfman

It's important for teenagers, young adults, parents, teachers, really everyone to see what the true High School experience is.

Tommy Dorfman

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest of five. There's something about being the youngest and wanting to be seen. You're like, 'I want attention, notice me.'

Tommy Dorfman

I always shopped in the girls' section during elementary school.

Tommy Dorfman

When I wear makeup, it's never intense; I don't do drag. My style has always been naturalistic and then a pop of color for the eye.

Tommy Dorfman

I have a big problem with cis straight men. I'm sort of discriminatory against them and it's going to take work for me to find a way to build a relationship with those people and trust that those people can be allies.

Tommy Dorfman

This idea that you can 'cure' homosexuality is appalling and simply not true.

Tommy Dorfman

LGBTQIA inclusion in media, especially TV and film, is not just important, it's essential.

Tommy Dorfman

There is no Cura Gay, there's just gay. Or not. Or however you identify, and nobody should have say over something so personal and inherent.

Tommy Dorfman

When I heard the news of Waldemar de Carvalho issuing a ruling to approve gay conversion therapy in Brazil, after it was banned for nearly 20 years, my heart broke. So many of my fans and supporters live in Brazil and it pains me to see them not feel legitimized for who they are and who they are attracted to.

Tommy Dorfman

Maybe I've limited my opportunities by being so open about my sexuality, but my thinking is that, if I come out of the gates this way, then it's not really going to be a big deal in a couple of years.

Tommy Dorfman

I was that gay kid in high school who didn't have a lot of close friends but circulated amongst groups of people when necessary.

Tommy Dorfman

'13 Reasons Why' was my first professional job out of college, so I don't have much to compare it to.

Tommy Dorfman

I would like to know how to get my name stamped on a coconut so when people come over to my house I can just hand them one with my name on it.

Tommy Dorfman

I was like the party kid. I was a social butterfly.

Tommy Dorfman

I was not into school at all.

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I love New York. I love to people watch. I can't leave.

Tommy Dorfman

It's really rare that you find a designer who's willing to dress people who maybe present more masculine in their womenswear.

Tommy Dorfman