Jason Biggs has excellent taste in men: His man crushes on Mark Ruffalo and Billy Crudup

On the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, Jason Biggs plays the husband of a woman who definitely swings both ways when it comes to being involved intimately with men and women.

While Biggs, best on known as the star of the American Pie comedies, says he ‘has never had those desires’ towards other men, he has certainly had his crushes.

‘I have a few of them, to tell you the truth,’ he tells The Advocate in an interview posted Friday.

‘You know who I really like? Mark Ruffalo. He’s got this rugged thing and a good vibe going on. I don’t know him personally, but feel like I like him as a person and for what he stands for.’

So who is the other crush?

‘Billy Crudup is amazing,’ Biggs says. ‘I had a dude crush on him when we worked together on The 24 Hour Plays. He’s quite a sweetheart – and pretty easy to look at.’

And what if a guy has a crush on him?

‘It’s totally flattering,’ he says. ‘I love it. When girls say I’m cute, I almost don’t believe it. If a guy tells me I’m cute, I’m like, “Oh, really? Wow, OK!” For some reason, I trust it more.’

When he was a teenager, Biggs dealt with gay rumors – started by a member of his own family.

‘When I was maybe 13 or 14, my younger sister literally sat my parents down to say, in all seriousness, “I think Jason is gay.” I was like, What?! She said, “Look at him. He’s in the theater, he doesn’t have a girlfriend, he loves going to Fire Island with his uncle. It all adds up.”‘

He’s proud to be on OITNB which he says has educated and enlightened him on LGBTI issues even more than he was before.

‘On transgender issues, more than anything. (co-star) Laverne Cox is just an incredible person. She was on the cover of Time, as I’m sure you know.It’s impressive how much Laverne has, almost single-handedly in the last year, raised awareness of transgender issues.

‘It’s almost like she’s using acting as a platform to help educate people, and that’s inspiring. It’s amazing just to be around Laverne and the gay members of the cast. … Our set feels like the most diverse little spot in all of New York, which is one of the most diverse places in the world. I feel really proud to be a part of it.’