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

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

I'd like everyone to imagine a world where you get a job as Tom, and then the next day you're Tina. Imagine you're in the world where you love what you do, but people say that you can't be who you are.

Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.