[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

I have a production company, and we work with reality TV producers 44 Blue. They asked if we'd like to get involved. When they explained that it was the first transgender modeling agency, we said, "Yeah, of course!"

If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.