I was different and people made fun of me.

I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.

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.

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

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

We all have our own closets to come out of

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair