I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.

People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

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.

Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.