“If you're at the Oscars, there's not a man on that red carpet who is not wearing make-up. Most straight actors I know get quite used to it. Even when they go out in real life they grab some sort of bronzer and they throw it on. They dye their eyebrows, they dye their lashes - they know the tricks.”

American fashion designer and filmmaker

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He is known for launching his own fashion brand in 2005, after serving as creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. He later turned to film, writing and directing A Single Man in 2009 and Nocturnal Animals in 2016. From 2019 to 2022, he served as chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.