I was raised to pretend.

It's my job, to create a fantasy.

I've always kind of gone with my heart.

I do know something. Just not with any certainty.

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex.

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

I don't belong to the straights now - they didn't get me back.

The broader your audience, the more people you have to appeal to.

I do not believe that I fell in love with a woman because I was abused.

He raped me … he fondled me, he put me on all fours, and had sex with me.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

I love comedy, because I like making fun of things even though they are dramatic.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice.

Vibrators. I think they are great. They keep you out of stupid sex. I'd pitch them to anybody.

I think self-exploration is one of the journeys in life that we are blessed to be able to have.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person.

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.

It's always a challenge to make an independent film. It's always a challenge to make a low budget film.

I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.

I think it takes an introspective person to want to go into the theater and see the dark side of themselves.

It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.

That's probably the most boring conversation you could hear - an actor talk about politics. I won't go there.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers.

I'm not crazy, but it's a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me.

When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that.

I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.

I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father and she hung up the phone on me.

I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me.

Some people like to hear and not see, so we have the radio. There are so many different ways that we can get and participate in the arts.

Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway.

The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.

When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.

To have gone through so much work to heal myself and have my mother not acknowledge in any way that she was sorry for what had happened to me, broke my heart.

I have given money to the Obama campaign online and now they bombard me with emails every day. Why did I do that online? Why didn't I just walk into an office?

Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.

What's so beautiful about breasts is their uniqueness. I don't understand the obsession with fakeness. It's a very odd thing, isn't it, to prefer fake and big to small and unique or just beautiful and real.

And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it.

It's no secret that my family was very, very poor, and I don't want that for my life or my children's life certainly. But some might say I could relax a bit more and know that that's not going to happen to me. I'm not going to end up in a car.

We're in a world where every single movie, if it has a woman in it, is usually wrapped around the woman wanting to be liked in some way, either in her life, or she's young, she's an ingenue, she's a hero, she's the lover of somebody, she's the grandmother, she's a chef.

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