I think it's very important for me to work on myself while I'm working on a character, and also it's important how I'm giving to and educating an audience. So I tend to go with people who are complex and substantive.

You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.

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

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

I found that the body, mind and spirit are all connected. They are not separate pieces.

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

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.