'Who've you got who's different, Scott?' 'Who do you have for me for tomorrow night that will surprise me? Anything really new?' Bowers writes, 'He always wanted someone different.
His longest gay relationship was with actor Tab Hunter, but he saw many men.īowers writes that Perkins always wanted someone different. He was married with two kids but also gay. Perkins was intense, sensitive, and complex, according to Scotty Bowers in Full Service. Anthony Perkins is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Friendly Persuasion.