There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

I'm terrified of saying the wrong thing on stage with bell hooks.

The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.

You need names to get the movie made.

So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life.