I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much.

I think that reaching out to kids that feel really isolated is a life saving gesture that we have a responsibility as older queers to do.

My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.

That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.

I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity.

I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.