Randy Harrison
Randy Harrison
Randolph Clarke "Randy" Harrison is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Justin Taylor on the Showtime drama Queer as Folk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth2 November 1977
CityNashua, NH
CountryUnited States of America
hard people
It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think I'm Justin. I'm not. People can be talking to me and I know they think they are talking to Justin. It's hard to explain.
relationships trapped
I don't know for Justin; he's always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I don't think he's as trapped into the drug thing as a lot of the others are.
bullying kind hiding
By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.
erotic stopping done
I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.
gay dating guy
I wasn't dating anyone. I was hyper-focused on acting. So I didn't bring a guy to the prom. I was the lone gay person as far as I knew.
kind subtle feels
It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.
independent play careers
I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
dad said
Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
gay people ironic
A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.
summer college agents
I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
honesty thinking important
I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.