Desert Island Discs, Stanley commented, "I really do believe that an actor is an actor is an actor – that you're supposed to play different people. You just are. That's the whole point of it".The actor acknowledged that while some people may have issues with the straight men playing gay men – because any "inauthenticity" in an actor's performance could "block [a viewer's] engagement with the whole story" – he personally feels "fine" with it.BREAKING: Stanley Tucci is now a hateful right-wing bigot.
