"There's a very strong feeling of alienation in a lot of Scott's work. For anyone growing up with a strong need to create, to express yourself artistically, you experience that same sense of being alienated. If you're a gay man but you don't fit into the Abercrombie and Fitch model, or if you're a straight man who doesn't fit in with the NASCAR model — and that will be the culmination of everything wrong with American culture, the day Abercrombie and Fitch sponsors a NASCAR team — you feel that sense of alienation, of being an outsider." - AfterElton.Com (regarding Scott Walker's music) - 2007

"Like, the United States is the most powerful country in the world and we have all this ideology shoved down our throats. In America the difference between what people are telling you and what's really going on is quite transparent. It creates a political indifference in people. People become reliant on self-destructive behaviour as a way of feeling alive. That's true of Brian." - DNA Magazine, 2004

"For a while, the gay thing seemed like such a big deal. But now, I don't think it is. It's just a comedy-drama about people who live in the United States. It's a slice-of-life. I play a character-that's it. But I was well aware of the gay lifestyle before the show. I've been hit on in a really strong way by gay men who've tried to convert me, and a lot of my heroes are gay. William Burroughs, Lou Reed. Well, I guess Lou Reed is bi. The point is, it's 2002, gay life is no longer that shocking." - Flaunt Magazine (About his playing a gay character on TV), 2002

Others on Gale

QP (Queer Planet): They claim he’s kinda shy?

PB (Phillip Bloch): On the set we had to have a certain distance to us. Gale stays very in character and I stayed very in character, so we were very...whenever Gale would see me he would sort of be mean to me ... GALE wouldn’t be mean to me, HAROLD would be mean to me when he would see me on set, you know what I mean? There was ...

QP: Because he was in character.

PB: Yeah, because he stayed in character, and I stayed in character and Gale stayed very removed from everybody on set, whereas others of us hung around more together. Judah and Michelle were very close and they were together all the time. Katherine and I spent a lot of time together. Michelle and Judah and I spent time together. Steve and I spent a bit of time together. But, Gale didn’t spend much time with anybody. Gale kind of kept in character in essence as he was in the movie; he was kind of off to himself. - Phillip Bloch on working with Gale on The Unseen. (Read the entire interview here).

"Gale has very strong opinions, and he's very political. Sometimes I think he's the smartest person I've ever met. I know a lot of smart, well-educated, well-read people. But there's something about Gale where it takes a leap from education or keen intelligence to some other place. Genius is a cheap word, especially in Hollywood. But he's really smart." - Queer as Folk executive producer Ron Cowen (The Advocate, 2002)

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