My lost interview with Wilson Cruz...

Wilson Cruz is an actor who I've written about many times on this blog and in my newspaper column who I greatly admire and who is a really special guy. I've seen him several times in the past month or so at events so this interview that we did at the GLAAD Awards in late April is just a little dated but still worth posting.

Here is our little chat:

Q. Hey you! What's new with you?
A. I'm recurring on a new series for Steven Bochco called 'Raising the Bar." I just completed the first episode of what I hope will be many. At least two ], probably more. It's got Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Jane Kaczmarek. I play Rafael de la Cruz, this very flamoyant character that becomes a love interest for one of the main characters - Jonathan Scarfe.

Q. Great! Too bad you can't be Mark-Paul's love interest too! Okay, what else you got going on?
A. We're doing the second season of "Rick and Steve (The Happiest Gay Couple In the World)" at the moment and "He's Just Not That Into You" coming out in October.

Q. Here we are at the GLAAD Awards. I'll bet you;ve been to a lot of these.
A. It gets bigger and better every year. This year was especially special for me because of the award (in Miami) I got a couple of weeks ago. It was an overwhelming night. I felt completely honored and cried halfway through my speech.

Q. How did it feel to get that kind of recognition? You've been out since you were 19 (in 1994) and you didn't get a lot of attention in the same way as TR Knight or Neil Patrick Harris. How did it feel to know that people really do know what you went through?
A. It's overwhelming. I feel incrediboly supported by this industry. I've been allowed to be who I am and live my life and do great work. I'm incredibly proud. I continue to be amazed by the opportunities that continue to come my way. I knock on wood that they keep coming."