What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

Never stop moving, or you'll stop moving. I go to dance class every morning, and it's just good to stay strong; I like being healthy.

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

(on Marilyn Monroe) I was walking down Broadway with her and nobody was stopping us. She was going to (Stella Adler's) actors' studio, and she was taking me to show me what it was all about. And I said to her: "How come nobody is taking your picture?" She said: "Well, watch." She took her scarf off, straightened her shoulders, and draped something another way, and we were surrounded. It must have been 400 people. And I said: "Now I know why!"

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.