When asked by Howard Stern if he has had oral sex Gary said "No! that's not a place for a young woman's face to be." On the death of Diff'rent Strokes star Dana Plato: "It's very unfortunate that Dana is no longer with us - she was a wonderful woman, but her death was a welcome, though sad piece of closure to Diff'rent Strokes. The possibility of a reunion no longer exists now, and thank God." "I got tired of the doing the show. I didn't wanna do it anymore. But there was nothing I could do about that, because the contract was already signed. So I was a little bitter about that because I didn't wanna be there. The character wasn't growing, he wasn't interesting to me anymore." "My parents were as much under the thumb of everyone else [and the network, and all the people that are part of the Hollywood machine] as I was. I have worked on episodes of 'Diff'rent Strokes' 15 hours straight. And everyone was looking the other way and no one said anything." "When 'Diff'rent Strokes' got cancelled, I was enormously thrilled and was very much looking forward to starting the rest of my life."