True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

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

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

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.

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.