My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.

When it’s quiet in my head like this, that’s when the voice doesn’t need to tell me how pathetic I am. I know it in the deepest part of me. When it’s quiet like this, that’s when I truly hate myself.

I was very sexual from a very young age.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.

And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it.