I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.

I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.

Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

You can get hurt at any time.

It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.

I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.