Hung Star Thomas Jane: I Was a Homeless Gay Hooker
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Thomas Jane picked up a few tricks of the trade before he was cast on HBO's gigolo drama Hung.
The 42-year-old tells The L.A. Times that as a struggling 18-year-old actor, he often performed sexual acts with other men in order to pay the bills. "As James Dean said, you're going to have one arm tied behind your back if you don't accept people's sexual flavors," Jane explains.
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"When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless. I didn't have any money and I was living in my car," the actor recalls. "I wasn't averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?"
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Jane adds that the experience "blew the doors off my conventional upbringing" and opened him up to new possibilities. "You're a lot more open to experimentation as a young man," he tells The L.A. Times. "And for me, being a young artist and broke in Los Angeles, I was exploring my sexual identity."
The actor -- whose former wives include Aysha Hauer and Patricia Arquette -- doesn't regret his decision to dabble in same-sex relations.
"Until you've tasted the food, you don't know whether you'll like it or not, as my mom always said," he says.
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9@Karla Craig Dishon - what's TMI? I didn't read an salacious details, to my horny regret. :P
@Laurie Griffith - if anyone is shameful, it's you. Judge not lest ye be judged, isn't a polite suggestion.
TMI dude. Really? Do you think that info out in the public is going to help your career. Get a brain.
Barf. He debased himself for a buck, when there are ALWAYS other options. Yes, there IS shame in it. If there wasn't, then those who are offended by the headline would have read it and agreed it was only being honest.
I think it's very candid of him. So many young people think that they're going to go to Hollywood and it's going to find fame at the blink of an eye. He's putting the cold hard facts out there. There's no shame in it. It's survival of the fittest to say the least. Not condoning it by any means, but sometimes people have to do things they're not proud of to get by.
OMG! WHY IS HE TELLING THAT STUFF.
AGREED @Megan
Thomas Jane is so awesome, I'm glad he spoke out about where he was. Really easy going look at sexuality, a bit annoyed at the sensationalist title US Weekly.
wow...well atleast he's honest about it.