I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.

Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet.

Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.

She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it's the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can't really give offense unless someone takes it.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.