Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.

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've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

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.

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

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.