Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America...

There's something about being a part of Broadway and going backstage. You know, like when I go to see a show now and going backstage and saying "Hi" to the cast. It's so thrilling. It's so beyond my wildest dreams from when I was a kid.

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am.

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

Without art there is no hope.

You should be able to tell your child, "This is an actor. And she's older than Mommy!"