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HOLLYWOOD – Imagine playing yourself in a movie, but not really playing yourself. For Neil Patrick Harris, that's what happened in his cameo roles in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and the upcoming Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. The former child star of Doogie Howser, M.D., who came out as gay in 2006, talked recently about his career's evolution.

After reading the second Harold and Kumar script, weren't you worried about what people would think of you?

I loved that element of it. It's obvious that I'm playing a part – that it's me, but then it's not me, but it might be me.

Given what has happened in your personal life between the first movie and this movie, how do you feel that they didn't change your NPH character to reflect your sexuality?

I think who one is and whom one plays are two wildly different things, and you can be someone and play someone and be totally different.

It seems you're going through a major renaissance in your career. Can you reflect on the times that were frustrating?

I am a big fan of working. It was a strange period and a necessary period to wait sort of between sets of waves and assume that more waves would be coming your way.

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