![]() "Larry, you should be happy for me!" I said. "I'm glad you won, but I hated seeing you there," he sniffed. I won a Golden Globe one year, and the first call I got the next morning was from Larry. I eventually even came to love our fights. ![]() His fight changed the health care system as we know it. His fight against government, discrimination, prejudice and big Pharma helped save millions of lives. Larry knew the value of his work, his life, all gay people's lives - and his fundamental stubborn belief in equality for all made him perhaps the single greatest and most important gay activist of all time. "Larry!" I said, "that's a lot of money for a low budget film!" He paused and said "it's what I'm worth." I paid it. From there we got into negotiations, and he said he wanted one million dollars for the rights. We had a wonderful first meeting, he was kind and excited about my casting ideas - Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts (who would both go on to do the HBO film with us). ![]() The film rights to his groundbreaking play "The Normal Heart" had become available, and I wanted them. ![]()
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