I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.