Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

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?

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'

Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.