Dan Butler

“I was really lucky to get that part... It was supposed to be a one-off, and I ended up doing it for seven years.”

“Bulldog was so much fun to play because he was everything I'm not. He was this loud, obnoxious, completely confident guy, and I'm much more reserved.”

“The play was my way of processing my own experience of coming out, but also telling the stories of a whole generation of gay men. It was terrifying and liberating at the same time.”

“People still come up to me all the time and yell 'This stinks! This is total B.S.!' which was Bulldog's catchphrase. It's a testament to the writers and the incredible cast.”

“I was a very shy kid, and I was not at all in touch with my sexuality... But then I found theater, and that was the first place I ever felt like, 'Okay, I belong somewhere.'”

“Acting is about finding the truth in a character, even a character as over-the-top as Bulldog. You have to find what makes them tick.”