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.

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

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.

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

It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political.

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