Tommy Kirk

“I said, to hell with the whole thing, to hell with show business. I'm gonna make a new life for myself, and I got off drugs, completely kicked all that stuff.”

“I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.”

“Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney.”

“I consider my teenage years as being desperately unhappy.”

“I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.”

“Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired.”

“When I was about 17 or 18, I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't going to change. I didn't know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career.”

“I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well.”

“After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made and I got professionally involved with a manager who said it didn't matter what you did as long as you kept working. I wound up completely broke.”