It's funny, honestly, by rights, with a lot of the stuff that's happened to me I should be running down the street with my hair on fire, but instead I want to shape things, and I want to shake things up. There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.

While I learned, I hid out largely in the gay community, and overall it kept me very safe.

I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I ever have been, as a director.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with.

I really prize my freedom more than work. I prize just being human and doing other things.