Elliot Page is recalling a transformative moment. In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, , the 36-year-old actor discusses sharing a kiss with a woman in a gay bar, just months before , the film that shot him into celebrity, was released.
In the excerpt, which was obtained by , Page writes about a woman named Paula, whom he met when he was 20.«The sound of her voice radiated warmth, a kindness.
It wasn't so much that her eyes lit up but that they found you. I could feel her looking,» he writes. «We went to Reflections.
It was the first time I had been to a gay bar and would be my last for a long time. I was a miserable flirter. Flirting when I didn’t mean to and not when I wanted to.