Mathieu: You play a 'sissy' character on Queer As Folk, and I want you to tell me why sissies are so great.
Peter: [laughing] Well, sissies in general are great because they're fun, they're funny, and they're good to have around and they're fun to laugh at. What I like about Emmett so much is that he's a sissy who likes the fact that he's a sissy, who doesn't have a problem with the fact that he's a sissy. I often think that sissy characters on film and television don't like who they are; they're covering up some nasty pain and I don't think that's Emmett's story. I think Emmett's a big ol' flaming queen and he likes himself that way, and so that's what I love about him so much.
Mathieu: Do you think most of the sissies have a problem with the way they represent [sic]?
Peter: Not the way they represent; I think the characters, as written, are covering up some sort of pain -- [makes a grand gesture with his hands] and it's all a big act to cover who they really are underneath and I don't think that's Emmett's story; I think Emmett's just this effeminate kind of guy who happened to figure out that he's okay that way.
Mathieu: Are you attracted to effeminate gay guys?
Randy: Sure. I am an effeminate gay guy.
Mathieu: [surprised] You are?
Randy: Oh yeah, I can be a big sissy.
Mathieu: Really?
Randy: Yeah.
Mathieu: Why do you think you're a sissy?
Randy: I just queen out sometimes when I get really excited about something. I don't know exactly how to define... I don't know how you differentiate between a non-effeminate gay guy and -- I don't know. It's hard for me to understand, really.
