David Furnish

We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model. ”

The past is past; what's gone on has gone on. ”

I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life. ”

I was neeeever a cool kid. ”

Kids will often see something different and feel insecure about it because they don't understand it. ”

We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great. ”

In strictly medical terms, there's no difference between HIV and diabetes; they're not curable, but they're very, very highly treatable, and early information is power. The only thing - literally the only thing - that is different is the stigma. And we have to overcome it, because it is now the only reason people are dying. ”

One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship. ”

I can't say to Elton, 'Hey, let's walk around the corner and have a coffee.' Someone as well-known as that can't go anywhere in the world without being recognised. Elton has written the soundtrack to a lot of people's lives, so they feel a kinship with him, so they come up, and that does colour things. ”

You have to acknowledge that films that have a strong concept and are easily marketed to people are the ones that stand the biggest chance of success. ”