'Sherlock' Star Andrew Scott Came Out

[haiducii]

Andrew Scott, who plays arch-nemesis Moriarty on the hit BBC series, has come out as “a gay person” in an interview with The Independent

The BAFTA-award winning actor tells The Independent: ‘Mercifully, these people don’t see being gay as a character flaw.

‘But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It’s just a fact.

‘Of course, it’s part of my make-up, but I don’t want to trade on it. I am a private person; I think that’s important if you’re an actor. But there’s a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I’m not a secretive person.

‘Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.’

Scott will soon be starring in a one-off BBC2 drama Legacy, set in the conflict between the UK and USSR.

 

[absalom]

This guy gave two sentences that I really like:

‘ But nor is it [being gay] a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It’s just a fact.

But there’s a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I’m not a secretive person.

 

[brmstn69]

 

[anthony86]

Tom daley coming out> all the others coming out of 2013

 

[SummerBoy]

I like him. He was annoying as Moriarty, but in the interviews I've seen of him he seems very nice

 

[Forgetmenot]

Who is gonna be "Coming Out of the Year"