Was Rupert Everett right about gay actors career?

Why do you think both things are connected, what both said?!

I don't know, I just recently watched on youtube interview with Rupert Everett from BBC HardTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0q_aPpLTog
He talks about gay actors situation in the film industry (in about 10 minutes into the interview)

And 2 weeks ago when Ben won Bafta, he said in press room that he will be soon unemployed after "Peter & Alice".
So I wonder if Rupert Everett is right.
Maybe in case of Ben if he was straight , had girlfriend he would be today overloaded with propositions of movie roles.

I don't think that you can compare the two actors. In my opinion, Rupert is not in the same class as Ben. Also, if Ben is gay he keeps that to himself whereas Rupert was only too happy to come out.

Ben is so well respected that I doubt it would make any difference if he were to come out as gay - just my opinion

I don't think Ben Whishaw will be unemployed for long.
Rupert Everett is a sad, bitter man.

The Wizard Has Spoken

The problem is that Rupert Everett has done and said a lot of things separate from his homosexuality to make himself hard or impossible to employ. But instead of taking the kind of personal responsibility that would be necessary to face up to those kinds of character flaws, Everett chooses instead to blame his hardships on outside forces like homophobia. I'm not claiming that homophobia doesn't exist, or that it can't be a factor in actors' careers; only that it's not really the issue with Rupert Everett's career that he insists it is.

Really? Well, meet me here in a couple of yeras and we see where Whishaw will be

is that why Jude Law stays closeted?

Ben Whishaw IS loaded with offers to work. He has worked steadily since graduating RADA. In fact he started getting acting jobs before even graduating RADA. And he has consistently gotten the good, challenging acting employment that appeals to him. Meanwhile there are tons of straight actors who are unemployed for long periods of time and many who never get any leading role in a TV show, movie or large stage production in their whole career nevermind exciting leading roles of the kind Ben has had in high quality, well written productions with co-workers like Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman and directors like Trevor Nunn and Sam Mendes.

Ben Whishaw is a highly respected young actor who is appreciated in the UK for his talent, hard work and sweet (though shy) personality, and he is starting to get interesting roles in Hollywood movies too.

When Ben said he would be unemployed in 3 weeks he just sounded like any other actor. They are freelancers and are always finishing one job and looking hopefully for another job. It's a common thing for straight and gay actors to be a bit nervous about where their next job is going to be. There was no sign that he meant anything to do with his sexuality. Heck, he hadn't even officially declared his orientation yet (although he had been open about it with work colleagues and in his regular life) so there was definitely no reason for him to think at the BAFTA awards that three weeks later there would be any fewer job opportunities than there had been during the rest of his acting career as a gay man. Loads of very successful UK actors, directors, comedians and playwrights have been gay. And many of them like Derek Jacobi, John Schlesinger, Mark Gatiss, Sir Ian Mckellan, Stephen Fry and Sir John Gielgud came out and still enjoyed professional acclaim, excellent career opportunities and popularity.

There are challenges to being part of any minority, but great talent, good attitude and professionalism allow one to prevail. Rupert Everett made bad career choices (from poor choices of movie projects after his big break in My Best Friend's Wedding to some unfortunate plastic surgery on his face) and even according to his own autobiography he was a source of drama, negativity and nuisance on movie sets. It's too bad that any minority faces extra obstacles, but Rupert has a lot of responsibility for his own career decline and many of his gay colleagues in the UK have proven that being gay and even being out as gay do not have to be a career killer.