Offstage, Robbins was a self-made enigma who gave interviews rarely and only on his own terms, meaning no personal questions. Though his homosexuality was an open secret, he never discussed it in public, going so far in 1951 as to become engaged to the ballerina Nora Kaye. (They never married. Interestingly, he cast her as the novice man killer in The Cage.)
It took a subpoena to get him to talk about his private life: he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953 about his involvement with a communist group of the ’40s, naming eight other party members. “ I feel I’m doing the right thing as an American,” He explained. But many left-wing friends never forgave his apostasy, doubtless reinforcing his inclination to keep the outside world at a safe distance.
译文:
一个美国造就的天才 连载2
舞台下的罗宾斯使自己在公众面前成为一个迷，他很少接受采访，即使接受也要自己先提条件，即不涉及到私人问题。他是同性恋，这虽然是一个公开的秘密，但他却从不公开谈论。他甚至在1951年与女芭蕾演员诺拉·凯订婚。（他们一直没有结婚。有趣的是，他竟然选她在《笼》中扮演那个刚出道的男杀手。）迫使他谈及私生活的竟然是一张传票：1953年，面对“非美活动调查委员”，他承认自己曾与一个40年代的共产党团体有过接触，还说出了另外8个党员名字。他解释道：“我认为，作为一个美国人，我现在做的是正确的。”但许多左翼的朋友却永远不原谅他的“变节”，这无疑更坚定了他与外界保持一定距离的决心。