The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life.

To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do

If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people

I know what it feels like to be an outsider.

It happens all the time! People are always talking about that explosive moment in their family history that sort of changed everything and rattled the cage, and more times than not it has nothing to do with trans issues. That's why people are relating to the show Transparent, because our family is their family and they understand that dynamic.

I love being able to make people laugh.