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

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.

There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.

I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE