I'm a worker bee.

We've got to be kind.

I am not a drag queen.

I won an Emmy in 2006!

I love my family dearly.

I'm Southern to the bone.

I got sober at age forty-two.

I'm truly 95 percent a hermit.

I love, love, love South Florida.

I can entertain myself for hours.

I can spot a homosexual at forty paces.

I really was in jail with Robert Downey Jr.

Honey, I conquered Netflix. I watched 'em all.

Film's a director's medium. Stage an actor's medium.

I've done every series that had gone down the toilet.

I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.

I was always the class clown. I was always the funny one.

From my years on 'Will & Grace,' you'd think I'm Madonna.

All my life I've always been so ashamed of being feminine.

I don't know why all three, my comedic idols are... women.

I'm an aging show pony and they trot me out here and there.

I fell out of the womb and landed in my mother's high heels.

I was there when APLA was started in somebody's living room.

Lesbian humor is nothing like gay men's humor. We're sillier.

There isn't a lot I can do on this planet, but I can be funny.

I'm a true Hollywood success story - knew no one, had no connections.

I've always been interested in forensics and the way they solve things.

I have not left the house after 6 o'clock without a paycheck for years.

We figured out as a community of gay people, we have to take care of our own.

At one time, when I was younger, I exercised regularly and had a 27-inch waist.

Growing up, the main thing I was ashamed of was my voice. It is very effeminate.

I'm not Kathy Griffin. I can't do 1200 seat venues. I need 300, 400 something like that.

I feel as if I've been to Miami a million times because I do so many cruises out of Miami.

It's so nice that today, young gay men have a choice about who they want to hang out with.

I grew up in the Baptist church and, honey, they baptized me about 14 times. It never did take.

I will never be a Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, the kind of actor that disappears into a role.

People say, 'Oh, you do theater!' And I say, 'Honey, I do theater to get better TV and film roles.'

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

I'm one of the most popular cabaret performers, and I don't sing a note. And nobody expects me to sing.

I have a lot of shame, and until I got sober at 42 years of age, I had never voted. I was just a hippie.

I figured out quick I had to write my own ticket. I realized I could tell stories and make money from it.

I always thought I'd be good at musicals, and it turns out I make up for my lack of skill with enthusiasm.

There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it.

I grew up riding. From the time I was nineteen years old to the time I was twenty five I exercised race horses.

I don't watch scripted television, and I finally figured out why. It's my line of work, you know? It's what I do.

Time has taught me that parents do the best they can with the light they are seeing with. That is what we all do.

I always call my journey into sobriety, my journey into queerdom, because I really did hate everything about myself.

I've always sang a little like a 16-year-old girl, but even Ann-Margret stopped after a while and brought it down a bit.

I don't know what the other celebrity's lives are like but I lead a true celebrity life. I get pampered. I'm always alone.

I've never been known for being a team player, but I've adjusted to being part of a big cast and it has worked out beautifully.

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