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John Barrowman
photo: ContactMusicOpenly gay actor John Barrowman, who plays dashing Captain Jack in the BBC science-fiction series
Doctor Who and its spin-off series
Torchwood, pities any performers who feel they have to hide their true sexuality.
He said his sexuality did not influence the kind of roles you got offered as an actor and believes it is "just sad" that someone would deny their sexuality to the world.
"If it (being gay) has been a problem, no-one ever told me so. I know people who lie about being gay because they think it will affect their work chances. That is just sad," he told The Stage.
According to Scotland's Daily Record, he also revealed in the interview (which is not yet posted to the paper's website) that he's eager to start a family with his partner Scott Gill.
John, who grew up in Glasgow before moving to the US aged eight, said: "I think I would be a good dad. Scott and I have an incredible amount to offer a child."
John, who is about to star in the second season of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, has been with architect Scott for 14 years and the pair recently got hitched.
He admitted he would love to adopt a baby but added: "The side of me that is selfish would also like to have a blood child.
"If we were doing that, we'd have one and adopt one."
The actor, who last year hosted TV show Any Dream, Will Do, admitted he switched between a Scottish and American accent depending on who he was with.
Howard Bragman, CEO of American PR company Fifteen Minutes, explained in Out Magazine that he believes there are four kinds of gay men in Hollywood:
"There's the openly gay; the gay and everybody knows it but nobody talks about it; the married, closeted gay who doesn't talk about it; and the screaming 'I'll sue you if you say I'm gay' person."
Bragman also said that when actors he deals with are struggling with their sexuality he advises them to come out, because even if their career turns less lucrative they will be happier with themselves.
"A lot of actors are afraid of being defined by their sexuality.
"In Hollywood they don't cast by positives, they cast by negatives: 'This one's too this or that.'
"And actors don’t want to give red flags. They're actors and want to talk about their mutability, not their personal lives," he added.
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