爱若此时

有时候偏爱这种淡淡的叙述的故事。

被生活打动，有时候生活的简单在于即使被许多复杂因素干扰，仍能够知道自己想要什么。

马可喜欢Happy ending.所以也以为这个会有好的就结局。

如果有相信的就去相信也并非盲目。

1.what u see is what you get.这部电影里面，马可这个孩子真心很有感染力，看他笑就很开心，看他使着小性子想要甜甜圈也是真。

每个人都有自己值得的美丽和欢乐。

无论你的主观是否蒙蔽过你心你眼。

可惜很多人还没有懂得这个道理。

在单身家庭，并有着瘾君子的母亲患着唐氏症，最后在疏忽的关爱里面走失死去，或显得太过凄凉，但是有时候，他也有过被亲吻得到额外幸运，“相信我，亲爱的，在这个疯狂的世界我们都需要一点点额外的幸运”，他得到并未尝失去，即使他可能不知道此后。

每一个孩子需要的除了一点点的幸运更多的应该是平常的爱护。

我们看得到马可的母亲应该还是很爱自己的孩子，即使大多时候她的爱不算合格。

但是问题就在于，很多人明知道自己应当承担的责任，却表示自己无能为力。

这是完全怯懦的自私的表现。

家庭的温暖和来自父母的爱不能算是额外的幸运，平常的意思就是指毫无疑问毫无悬念，如果有人要问“凭什么我要给予自己孩子、父母我的关怀爱护”，才是真正的不平常。

孩子敏感并有自己的情绪。

当Marco在知道自己有一个家的时候，激动的哭；在合唱时候得到赞扬时自信的神情；等待被接回家时期许的凝望…都难以忽视。

“你们的所见即所得”医生说。

一些与生俱来的感情在最原始的状态，是无关你爱护的事物能带给你什么的。

太过纯粹的感情被人们遗忘的太多。

即使可能会被人说太过理想化的想法，还是觉得纯粹的情愫就算可能带了许多附加条件使得我们认为其更加可爱，但只剩它本来的面目还是可爱的。

无论马可是否能上大学，回报作为上大学取得的成就感（并非指大学本身是一个荣誉，而是孩子得到的努力的回报带来的骄傲），接受和包容、愿意付出一部分的自己来承担作为监护人的责任，还是让我觉得感动。

2.就像你无所畏惧关于许多时候，双方陷入一段关系，例如两个同性别的人在一起，一方未出柜。

在很多时候得不到被认可的地位，在一定场合遮遮掩掩其实是很心酸的一件事。

被诘问“为什么不说出来不敢改变”，得到回答“你知道这样后果很严重，我会有很麻烦失去很多”。

其实一直觉得体谅是相互的，但并非畏惧不前安于现状。

敢于改变的预先得准备好面对的失去，并知道什么才是更可贵的，那么到了变化一刻也不会太手足无措。

无论什么性别的个体都应当学会勇于承担。

3. “这不是歧视，这是现实”持偏见的人并不意识到自己所做的事是充满了歧视的，就算他们努力秉持公正。

例如法官们，从一开始的毫不犹豫地拒绝申请，即使被说服接受了，仍然在最后的审判中被并非品质的部分左右决定。

但是其中有一部分的东西说明包容性的重要地位。

就像老师。

但是受到歧视的人不能因为遭到习惯性对待，就认为自己理所应当被如此对待。

Paul说“这不是歧视，这是现实”，事实上是对现实无奈的自我安慰，即使我也一度认为现实如此，被惯有存在同化，但是这的确是歧视。

难道同性恋、异性恋、双性恋都是因为其伴侣的性别，而非自己作为人的个体来得到、行使自身平等的权利?难道是因为智力的高低而非个人的生命特征得到应有的生活权利?难道是因为财富的多少而非生而为人的热忱来决定生活的权利?固有看法并非是全对。

你我既然存在，就不能屈服于“这是现实”。

也有这样的一部分人，会喜欢探寻别人的生活，然后伸手干预。

例如地区检察官Wilson。

他老是在不经意间试图窥视别人的生活，然后作出干预。

如果他并非对同性恋抱有偏见，就不会揭露Rudy和Paul的关系，更加不会为了证实自己的高人一等，同Marco的母亲做出交易来赢得官司。

我们可以从演绎中看到母亲有过犹豫，她知道Marco的确不适合和自己一起。

R和P更能给他一个家庭。

这点也是为了说明P和R的争取并非是不合理的，即使母亲健在，但是之前她的确是授予了监护权。

4．Happy ending信者得爱，爱若此时。

看电影的时候总希望一个好的结尾，就像Marco总是希望the boy with magic可以有一个happy ending一样。

这是1979年的加州，但这依然是现在的社会。

There’s no true justice, but we still have to fight for what we consider right.看上去越痞的人也许心底越善良，拥有光鲜亮丽职业的人也许最不敢去斗争。

悲哀的不是逝去的生命，悲哀的是苟且活在世上的人们。

电影源自生活而高于生活，这是根据真人真事改编的，那么又有多少我们看不见的这样的故事在发生与上演？

This is not discrimination. This is reality.也许听到这句话的时候我们就应该预见结局。

和妈妈一起看的这部电影，她也为之动容，却依旧不能理解同性恋人。

然而我依然相信每个孩子都是上天赐予人间的礼物，他们不应该受到如此责罚，他们却用自己的笑容点亮人心，用自己的离去留下教训。

Rest in peace, dear Marco. Hope you can hear the singing from papa in heaven.

Any Day Now，2012年美国出品，83分。

一开始简直象童话，变装王后歌手鲁迪在同性恋吧闪闪发光性感出场，正统好男人律师保罗对他一见钟情，而鲁迪好心收留了隔壁嗑药女的唐氏患儿马可，三个人从此幸福地生活在一起，如果就在这欢乐结局嘎然而止多好！

可生活远远不是童话，哪怕已经配备了鲁迪不羁之善良自尊，专业精良的律师爱人保罗，马可的纯真笑容，相对公平的美国司法系统。

一切敌不过同性恋歧视，人言可畏，围绕着马可的监护权的法庭辩论，就是一场狗屎，因为压根就是同性恋是否正常的辩论。

无视鲁迪和保罗多么有爱，无视他们监护一年之中给予马可的温暖和家，无视马可多么想要回到他们身边，无视证人给予这对家长客观积极的评价，最后让孩子回归被提前假释的瘾君子妈妈那里，在又一次毒瘾发作鬼混之际，孩子离家而走最终孤独死于街头。

很现实，世界上的正义不是总能得到支持，生而为人，生而平等，可写进宪法也没用，同性恋者在人类历史中经过了那么多屈辱的年代，并仍将屈辱很长时间，说到底，一个人的性取向关卿毛事啊？！

鲁迪显然非主流边缘人士，没钱没地位，可他第一次冲进地区检察署面对保罗的那种凛然自尊让人鼓掌，毅然决然做出收养马可的决定不是一时之举，人生际遇颠沛流离堪称放浪不羁，可又怎样？！

照样富有魅力歌声迷人照样值得爱会爱勇往向前。

看到他一出场我不禁张大了嘴，这演员不是傲骨贤妻里那个长袖善舞八面玲珑的智囊？

这个角色显然赋予Alan Cumming更多的表演空间。

演律师的那个好像现实生活里我熟悉的那位，正统至极低调谦虚。

15岁的小演员就是一个唐氏患儿，本色表演出色。

这是一个温情脉脉又不无伤痛的故事，爱若此时。

　　我也不觉得这片子有多好或者有多没有重点..但我的视觉就像一直就是处于男猪脚的视觉 去审视这个熟悉但又极度令人绝望 充满不甘的世界 那时候的同性恋都是自卑的.弱小的 无助的 律师男一直的逃避很好的印证着..我们不妨再想一下石墙 想一下鲍比 米尔克 差不多都是这个时代的吧.（记不太清楚） 可就因为这样对未知的恐惧 对无法预测的不放心和对所谓“平常人”不同的行事 就急着保护自己，从最开始的警官掏枪威吓到后来的贱人D.A和反方律师 完全就是要把同性恋往死里整..但最后失去的却是那个周旋在他们“斗争”下的孩子..一个唐氏综合征患者 一个只是想回家和吃最爱的甜甜圈而别无所求的小孩 那帮正常人失去的是作为人所必需的良心. 在这场斗争中 那些所谓的“正常人”变得连狗都不如 狗尚且会抉择谁对他好..他们连最起码的判断力都被歧视所吞没 我最记忆尤深的是女法官的陈词 那里面就是赤裸裸的歧视 我不明白什么叫做同性恋行为会影响孩子认为同性恋是正常的 那么一男一女在孩子面前吸毒做爱就应该是正常的 两个男人从心底里爱护着孩子 给他最好的 一直保护他照顾他 一起留下完美的记忆就是“不正常” 其实对于正常人来说那孩子也早就因为智障而被歧视 被归为“不正常”对待了吧..我还能说什么呢这世界真TM疯狂!!!

午饭时间打开了这个电影，一无所知的打开一开始不太感冒，两位男主的颜实在嗑不起来，好吧，这并不是一个偶像电影，他纪实看完后，最触动人心的是这份死亡的遗憾或许永远都弥补不过来了对于两男之间的感情线太快，仿佛一下就定了终身大量的内容用来表述他们为了领养一个孩子的艰难去抗争一个社会、乃至法律对同性关系的歧视这种歧视甚至可以忽略一个孩子的健康和生命那么，看完这个电影，你怕吗？

这可能是国外几十年前的故事，真实故事但是，在现今的国内，若有这样的两个人我想，我信，他们的遭遇会很相似吧工作、生活中的人，指指点点，横加阻挠怎么才能幸福的过下去呢？

更何况，还想要一个孩子，抚养一个孩子坚持自己的想法生活不算，还要去支撑一个孩子的生活，一个孩子的一辈子之前，在布鲁迪上看到好几对领养了孩子的同志他们晒得是他们的美好尽管仍有很多恶意的评论出现至少让我看到了一份希望和美好可是，现实呢？

最终呢？

谁又敢说他们一定会顺利的完成父父的这份重任在这个世界上最传统的国家回到自己回到还在偶尔幻想的自己真是不知道该说自己天真还是太天真你没有遭受到，不代表这个世界没有恶意如果你暴露了所有的恶意会在第一时间倾倒向你若有那一天想过该怎么办嘛不寒而栗是不是勇敢的人，我祝福你们而我呢，我就在这个深暗的柜子里守住自己的心过好自己的生活不打扰别人，爱惜自己这才对吧

It's god dam an amazing movie. Alan 浑身都是戏.看惯了hollywood大片的人会说，没高潮啊？

但是，不觉得整部戏都是高潮吗？

Alan的眼神和歌声，marco的背影，这么多感情就堆积在胸口慢慢积累，但是无处喷涌，就像结局你无法看到一个hollywood式的happy ending。

是个好故事。

从开始就会好奇，然后呢？

结局会怎样？

吸引你往下看。

同性之情，爱子之情都无处渲泄，只能在结尾处无奈的唱出来，we shall be release. Can we?

电影从一个弱智男孩的背影开始，结束于这个弱智男孩的背影。

所不同的，只是，这个男孩他多了一副眼镜。

又矮又胖的唐氏综合症男孩，一个人紧紧抱着金色头发的洋娃娃走在深夜的街头，街头很冷，四处的光凝成光晕，成为镜头中的闪烁的背景。

没有人知道，这是一个迷失的男孩，他找不到家，找不到方向。

他走过无人的天桥，他走过无人的街道，他走过的无人的酒吧门口，没有人会注意到这个男孩，更不会有人知道他的名字叫：马可。

马可，是一个无人收养的男孩，连他的亲生母亲都整日在吸毒中浑浑噩噩度过。

他金色头发的洋娃娃被脾气不好的母亲丢在走廊上，马可没有得到爱，可是他并没有任何错。

只有一个人，一个男人不小心闯入了马可的生活，他是鲁迪。

鲁迪是个可爱的男人，他有迷人的微笑，在一家同志夜总会用同声假唱做歌手，我挺喜欢他唱的那些性感的歌曲。

鲁迪在夜总会认识了保罗，一个外表运动且阳光的律师。

两人是一见钟情。

我一直很羡慕同志恋人之间的感情，很多时候，我私下里认为同志之间的依恋和相互珍惜远远超过异性恋人。

为什么呢？

因为异性恋人如果分手，总是很快就会有其他的选择。

但对于同性恋人来人，一旦分手，要想重新找个爱人真的很不容易。

社会的偏见与压力就足以让两个相爱的人窒息，还有，你喜欢的类型，你能保证下个他也是同志吗？

我很敬佩所有出柜的同性恋人，他们以自己的态度向身边的亲人直接表达自己的性取向，敢于承认自己，就是给爱的人一个最好的回报。

我始终认为，真爱一个人，就要给对方一个家。

马可和保罗他们相互做到了，他们不仅深深的真诚的爱着对方，还给男孩马可一个家。

这是个很特殊的家庭，马可有两个可爱的爸爸，他们每天清晨为马可做早餐，马可喜欢吃巧克力甜甜圈，他们就为他准备很多很多。

马可喜欢晚上有人给他讲有幸福结尾的故事，鲁迪就在编魔法男孩的故事讲给马可听，直到马可甜甜的睡去。

马可是怎么认识鲁迪的呢？

马可是鲁迪的邻居，马可的洋娃娃被痛恨他活着的母亲扔出门外，而她自己却因为携带毒品而被关押。

好心的鲁迪回家不忍心看到洋娃娃丢弃在地上，敲门要还给失去洋娃娃的孩子。

可是开门后是怎样情景？

嘈杂的音乐声轰隆隆的响着，女人和男人烟雾缭绕的吸毒。

一个胖胖的男孩，无助地躲在墙角。

女人接过洋娃娃马上关了门，不幸的是第二天，这个女人就消失了。

当鲁迪怒气冲冲地想要问邻居一大早为什么大开着音响时，房间里却只剩下这个怯生生的马可。

不一会，州福利院的人连推带拉地想要将马可带走，原因是，马可的母亲被关押了。

好了，马可的陷入了困境中，他没有任何的错，却要被生活无情地推向另一边。

鲁迪，一个靠着在夜总会卖唱，每月几乎交不起房租的男人，他站出来拉着马可的手，说，跟我走。

鲁迪无奈，只有找到刚认识的情人保罗。

保罗刚开始不愿意帮助，后来他看到了鲁迪的真心，他善良并且真诚。

这比他迷人的笑容更能打动保罗的心。

保罗决定帮助鲁迪，两人一起收养马可。

可以说，马可的十五岁那年过得很幸福，他受到教育，即便智障，他也有权力受到好的教育。

他们去海边，一起看大海，他们一起过生日，他们一起玩，像真正的一家人那样生活，鲁迪是妈妈，保罗是爸爸。

可是，好景不长，保罗的上司告发了他们收养马可时的伪证，马可重新被送回福利院，过着艰难的日子。

马可等着鲁迪的电话，鲁迪在电话中承诺他，一定会来接他。

结果，官司打输了，马可的妈妈重新要回了儿子的抚养权。

这样，就出现了最开始的一幕，马可一个人流落街头，无人知晓。

三天后，马可死在了天桥下。

爱一个人，就是要给对方一个家，给对方一个安稳的心灵栖息地，爱一个人，就是为让他感觉骄傲，世界处处都动人。

爱即是成全，又是付出，是希望天天看到对方开心的笑，看到对方的优点，一个残缺的孩子，鲁迪和保罗都能看到他身上闪亮的地方，爱，又何处不在呢？

同样的，保罗与鲁迪的相爱，不是因为相貌，不是因为身世，不是因为背景，仅仅是爱，是爱情本身。

保罗为了成全鲁迪，鲁迪的好嗓子，他为鲁迪买了录音机，然后出钱让鲁迪灌制自己的唱片，然后找到更好的演出场所。

保罗为了成全鲁迪，将鲁迪和马可从昏暗狭小的公寓中接出来，接到自己的家中。

保罗为了成全鲁迪，他心甘情愿地接受了马可，带马可看医生，带马可出去玩。

最后，我愿用鲁迪的歌声结束。

“每一个置我于此情此景的男人，我看到我的光芒开始闪亮，从西方照到东方，任何一刻，若是此时，我将被释放。

他们说，他们说，每个男人都会沦陷，我发誓，我看到了我的投影，远远不止这些墙，没错，我看到我的光芒闪亮，从西方照到东方。

我的上帝，任何一刻，若是此时，我将被释放。

”

两天前，晚间节目，找了一个主题聊天。

你这一生中必须要做的事。

在网上查找答案，都是人生中要做的100件事，1000件事。

孝顺父母。

去一次XX地。

做一件让自己难忘的事。

我的本意不是这样的。

我说的意思是，你一定要去做的一件事。

是你现在可能做不了，但你以后一定会做到的。

别的事都可以不做，但惟独这件事，你在心里默默地说，我一定会做到。

在别人眼中极为普通，在你这里却尤为重要的一件事。

比如，我要考上某某学校。

比如，我一定要结婚。

比如，我一定要去蹦极。

比如，我一定要去山区支教。

比如，我一定要做一名志愿者。

比如，我一定要领养一个孩子。

好了，电影之外的事就说到这里。

电影开头，我就被这名长发，媚眼如丝的男人吸引住了。

看似滑稽，举止间却流露妩媚的装扮。

好听的歌曲，认真的演出。

然后是莫名其妙的，KJ了。

我在想，你会和一个第一次见面就KJ的人约会吗？

舞台上的鲁迪光鲜亮丽，现实中的他却如此落魄。

明明观众席与舞台只是一步之遥，为何相差甚远。

好像通过他的生计与生活，要反射出后来他领养孩子的问题。

现实与想象，也是遥不可及。

但是，为什么偏偏是这个孩子？

看上去就是一副有问题，大有问题的样子。

不能选择一个古灵精怪，或者身世更惨的孩子吗？

后来，我终于明白，为什么是他。

正因为，你要知道领养一个不能寄托于任何希望的“病儿”，是需要多么大的勇气。

没有任何血缘，任何关系，任何故事，任何原因，只是单纯的遇见，知晓这样的事情，从心往外的有一种怜悯感，然后让你为之付出全部的努力，去换取一个已知的未来。

最重要的是，他不需要任何回报。

而，这个善举，也让他赢得了珍贵的爱情。

当保罗把录音机送给鲁迪时，并说，这是你应得的。

我就再也不想计较鲁迪在上班前脸上露出的那种疲惫了。

也许，他看似苦涩的笑容里还包含着一丝幸福与甜蜜。

真正的爱情应该是什么样的呢。

应该是他看穿你的才能，知晓你的梦想，支撑你的精神。

这样看来，你要做些什么呢？

只有全力以赴的去达成你心中的梦想，这样你爱的人和爱你的人才不会失望。

两个生活本就不易的人，相遇了，又在路边拾到一个包袱，小心翼翼谨慎努力地为之奋斗，这样的故事很多，能善终的不多。

也许，保罗只是在鲁迪身上看到了自己没有的，所以他愿意投入全部精力，去实现自己永远不能达到的梦想。

也许，我们每个人都有一个不能实现的目标，却总能在别人的生活发现惊喜。

所以，我们愿意为之倾心，为之无怨无悔的付出。

可是，当理想遇见现实，你又如何改变世界？

当你的温饱都成问题，当你的心爱之物已被剥夺，你还有愿意力气与世界抗衡吗？

就算没有了家庭的束缚，不顾及外人的目光，却依然有些程序不得不继续。

这就是现实与理想的差距，你以为一马平川的路上，永远都会只为你一人开着绿灯吗？

但，若不用爱与努力继续前进，那么你的方向终究会变成一个死角。

这一生，你有哪些一定要做的事？

拼上性命也要完成的？

若你想要改变世界，首先记得，不要改变自己。

就像，鲁克行为。

【马克喜欢幸福的结局。

他分得清该听谁的话，不该听谁的话。

他知道哪里才是他真正的家。

】P.S.最后，我只在思考，是否一个人对另一个人的爱，真的可以如此纯粹毫无理由。

简单的付出，简单的关爱，简单的依赖，简单的信任。

我相信你，在不远的将来，给我的承诺，一定会做到。

无力吐槽了，结局已经让我身心俱碎。。

肚子疼+哭了一整晚。。

以为，唉，不是所有真人真事都有一个你希望的结局。

给这部戏4星的原因是因为1、没有过分的情色镜头2、通过真人真事改编不能给五星的原因同性恋题材最后不想多说，因为是真事，所以对这个世界的恨意又多了一层。

电影看的越来越多，但哭得愈来愈少了。

不过这部电影泪点太多了，无尿点，多高潮，总感觉自己猜到了结局，却总又是峰回路转了。

这类题材的电影本身就很打动人，而且不乏优秀的作品，但是这部从情节到配乐到演员，几乎没有失分的部分。

从一开始一个烂俗的偶遇，一路演得催人泪下，着实让人心碎。

不是每个故事都会是Happy Ending！

这个故事也是一样.......Justice从来都只不过是多数人的游戏，而少数人连参与的资格都没有，但往往都是这少数人才应该被公平和正义去眷顾。

请大家不要带着有色眼镜去看这个世界，因为这个世界本来就是五颜六色的！

这不是一个单纯的同性电影，它讲述得是公平正义与爱的原动力。

摘掉你的有色眼镜去看看，也许你会发现，人都是人......

Alan Cumming Has Never Been BetterThe story of Any Day Now may take place in the past, but the discrimination against same-sex families it depicts is unfortunately still all too real.BY DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL JANUARY 04 2013 5:00 AM ET George Arthur Bloom lived in Brooklyn in the late 1970s, back when it was a rough-and-tumble area. He was inspired by a larger-than-life character everyone seemed to know, Rudy, who developed a fatherly relationship with, as filmmaker Travis Fine puts it, a “kid who was terribly handicapped, both mentally and physically” and whose mother was a drug addict. Bloom turned Rudy’s real-life experience into a screenplay, which almost got filmed several times during the ensuing years (at one point Tommy Lee Jones and Sylvester Stallone were attached to it). Then it went nowhere, Bloom gave up, and it sat in a drawer until his son, an old high school friend of Fine’s, showed the director the script.The movie that came of it, Any Day Now, which hit theaters this winter and garnered awards on the festival circuit, follows The Good Wife’s Alan Cumming as Rudy, Raising Hope’s Garret Dillahunt as Paul, the closeted attorney who becomes his partner, and Isaac Leyva as Marco, a teen with Down syndrome who’s abandoned by his mother and taken in by the men. They all must fight a biased legal system so the couple can adopt Isaac, a heart-wrenching storyline that will resonate with many of the 2 to 6 million LGBT people who say they’d like to adopt.“The story of Any Day Now may take place in the past, but the discrimination against same-sex families it depicts is unfortunately still all too real in some parts of our country,” says GLAAD president Herndon Graddick.It’s real too for kids like Marco. As of 2011 there were 104,236 children in foster care awaiting adoption, many of them considered special-needs children because they are black or Latino, are older than infants, or have some form of mental or physical disability. “What the film’s remarkable performances and eloquent script reveal, though, is how unjust and hurtful to same-sex couples and children that discrimination really is,” Graddick adds.Cumming, whose performance is riveting and one of his most inspired, talks about making the film.I found Any Day Now just completely absorbing and really moving. And I notice people just seem to really have a gut reaction to the film. Why do you think it reaches people that way? I think that we see the story of people who are damaged and devastated by bigotry and prejudice and ignorance. And we understand how wrong that is because we’ve invested in these characters and we want them to be together. And then I think in a larger way, we know that the reason that happened is because that bigotry and that prejudice still exist in our society. And I think we are so moved by it because we know that we are complicit in that because we are all members of that society.This is a story about many things — about family, the foster care system, and coming out, but at the heart of it, it’s a love story between your free-spirited Rudy and Garret’s buttoned-down, closeted Paul. How did you develop the sort of chemistry that viewers see between you and Garret on-screen? We just had to fake it, because we didn’t know each other. It was very well-written. and obviously Garret is a really brilliant actor and we luckily felt very comfortable with each other and got on. And I think that’s half of it. Once you feel comfortable with someone you can just dive in. But you’d imagine we’d have lots of time to talk and get comfortable with each other. No, we were practically in bed on the first day.One of the other parts of the film that we don’t see a lot of — but is so true — is that there’s so much difficulty over same-sex couples trying to adopt. But the reality is there are a ton of children and teenagers, especially with physical or mental disabilities, that will just languish in the system.Absolutely right. And that to me is the biggest idea—because everyone falls in love with Isaac. Garret says at one point, “I’m just hoping that this child doesn’t slip through the cracks in the system,” and sadly he does.Tell me about working with Isaac. Oh, it was great. I loved it. I mean people think…you’re going to make a movie with someone who has a learning disability, what’s that going to mean? I had no idea. But I just went into it…with an open heart. And he was just an absolute darling and so lovely.… He’s got kind of openness to him and…he’s not at all jaded. Everything there’s pure, and it kind of reminded me of what acting should be like. Everything’s really on the surface and completely authentic.That's great. You have some scenes of just real heartbreak and anguish. Was there anything in your own life that you could call on to sort of nail those scenes? To inspire?Well, yes. I have had heartbreak and anguish in my life. That's not difficult for me to access.So, ten years ago, we used to ask straight actors if they had any hesitation about playing a gay role. Now it's more common to ask gay actors if they worry about being pigeonholed. This is certainly not your first gay role, but do you ever worry about that?No, I actually don't. I mean, [I'm] playing a straight man on TV every Monday. I just don't deal with that. I mean, I've played gay people, but I don't know the percentage. I just I don't think much in that way, you know. I don't correlate it in that way. But I'm drawn to the stories and the character's heart, you know. And perhaps because… I'm comfortable with it, I'm likely to be offered things, I could see people know that I would be more ready to be comfortable with doing it. But I don't worry at all. I'm not really a worrier. I refuse.That's great. So assuming they met somehow, what would Rudy think about Eli, your character on Good Wife?I think… in terms of the story, I think he'd probably try to see what he could do to help his situation. I think probably they might lock horns a little bit initially because they're both quite sensitive types. But I imagine that, you know, they might get on eventually because they look so alike. That was a joke.What’s the most critical thing for you to get across with this film? What do you want people to take away from it? I want people to…have a real emotional experience and an emotional connection. But really…I want people to go away and think, Wow, look at the effect of prejudice and ignorance and bigotry, and look at how much our society is still engendering and encouraging that. Speaking of, you and your husband, Grant, got married earlier this year in New York. What are your thoughts on the recent marriage equality successes? I think it’s great that we have a president who is very vocal in his support of equality and gay rights. I think the last election is really exciting in that it showed that the country was rejecting all that sort of prejudice and fear-based prejudice. We’re still the second-class citizens. And people still can be fired for being gay and people are gay-bashed.… So, you know, I don’t mean to be ungrateful but I don’t see why I should be so grateful for my rights. I think that’s what we should all remember.I have one last question. You have a book coming out in 2013: May the Foreskin Be With You. I read a little excerpt from it and it made me want to ask, what made you want to talk so intimately about your penis and other people's penises?Because I was shocked when I first came to America, [and] I realized that the people who were seeing my penis were so utterly ignorant of what a real penis — a normal, intact penis —looks like. I thought, God, I'm here, I'm in New York City, this progressive, cultural, melting-pot of the world, and these people don't realize that they are genitally mutilated as children. And that was really what got me going, I was like, this is how it's supposed to be. And then I've [found] out more about it, and saw all the things about lack of sensation that people have, and I became aware of that because you just are aware that people with their circumcised penises are less sensitive. And so it just became a cause for me, really. And then of course you find out all these things about how the circumcisions can go so horribly wrong, and how these poor kids have terrible, terrible things happen. I've been in situations where I've been in a car, and me and an interviewer are talking about the book or other things, and the driver will go, "I heard you speaking and you know, my circumcision went wrong and I… pee out of two holes."And I think it's this unspoken thing, of men, that don't want to talk about it and they certainly don't want to be told something that irretrievable, irreversible. It's so wrong and they're losing so much. Also, it's fighting the medical system that [doesn't want to] admit they're wrong, and they don't want to lose the money that every circumcision brings them. To me, it seems to me this huge conspiracy. And actually … if it was girl circumcision, I mean female genital mutilation, we would be horrified about it. And we are, when it happens.Yes, [female circumcision] is illegal here, yeah.Yes, so why is it? If anything happens to thousands of little boys and we think that's okay.Yeah. And there always seems to be the excuse that a boy's penis should look like his father's. I hear that again and again. To which I think, do you go home get your cocker in front of your dad? I didn't. Is that an American custom? Because I don't think that's right, if it is. -Dillahunt, who plays the often clueless but nonetheless progressive and lovable Burt Chance on Raising Hope, isn't new to playing gay and bisexual characters. But this film, he says, is special. He tells us why.I found Any Day Now completely absorbing and really moving and viewers seem to have a real, visceral reaction to the film. Why do you think that is?I guess, hopefully, they find it honest and relatable. I think, despite the specific circumstances these characters are going through, there's a lot of common ground.This is a story about family, the foster care system, disability, coming out and so on. But at the heart it’s a love story between your button down closeted character, Paul, and Alan Cumming’s free-spirited drag performer, Rudy. What was most critical to you to get across in the film?That these were living, breathing human beings. The whole thing will fall apart, obviously, if the audience doesn't believe the love between these two, seemingly, opposites.Ten years ago, we used to ask straight actors if they had any hesitation about playing a gay role but not so much any more. So I’m wondering what made you want to take on this role?I just thought it was a challenge. I like mixing it up as much as I can, and Paul was much different from the previous character I'd played, and I thought it would be fun to tackle. The icing on the cake is that it's a beautiful story with themes that are, sadly, still resonant today. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?I love that while Paul is really navigating new territory as a gay or bisexual man, the film certainly isn’t just a traditional coming out narrative. There’s no big “I am gay” scene, for example. Was there sort of awareness that Paul’s coming out was almost secondary to what was happening with Marco?Yes. I think the center of this story is Marco. Rudy is an incredibly tough guy — he's a drag queen in the '70s, for Christ's sake. It is almost unsurprising that he would take Marco under his wing. I think his comfort as a gay man is something Paul envies. Probably one of the things that attracts him to Rudy, this unapologetic "gayness" and willingness to fight — it brings out Paul's quieter strength. And the catalyst is this boy.It’s hard not to think this film as a modern Kramer vs Kramer. Dustin Hoffman’s character loses his job to care for the kid; Rudy does the same. Hoffman and Streep go to court to battle for custody; Paul and Rudy do the same. Though it’s set in the 1970s, the storyline feels particularly timely as Kramer did when it came out. What do you think of comparisons like that?I don't mind them. I suppose they're going to happen however I feel about it.My sister-in-law has Down syndrome so it was lovely to see a storyline about a teen with Down syndrome. Tell me about working with Isaac, who plans Marco in the film.Isaac was terrific. He was excited and joyful, prepared, and serious. He'd shush Alan and I if we were too goofy when Travis was about to call "action." He gives great hugs and listens — which makes him a great actor. He really reminded me why I do this, and how I should do this. He shamed me, truthfully. And I am so grateful.What about working with Alan. How did you develop enough trust to connect so easily in the film? You have great chemistry.We got on well, didn't we? We seem like a couple. I wish I had a great story to tell you — some incredible bonding experience or conversation we had prior to filming that clicked everything into place. But we didn't have time for that. We met at the wig fitting and got to work. I guess we're professionals! Sometimes it's easy, though. Alan is real easy to act with. We share a belief, I think, that if you're not having fun, why do it? And it is fun, no matter how harrowing the scene, when it works. And with Alan, it works every time. Heh, he'll love that quote.http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/01/04/alan-cumming-has-never-been-betterhttp://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2012/12/13/garret-dillahunt-tackles-gay-adoption-any-day-now