The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.

Why shouldn't gay people be able to live as open and freely as everybody else? What it comes down to, ultimately, is love. How can anything bad come out of love? The bad stuff comes out of mistrust, misunderstanding and, God knows, from hate and from ignorance.

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.

I always wanted to have a fragrance, and I always wanted to be able to connect with people in ways other than through film.

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.