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

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex

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

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

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.

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.

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.