“Many people see Eva Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I definitely can identify with her.”
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“It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as children. When you don't have knowledge and understanding, then fear rises in you.”
“I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems... You can't be a literalist, and that's the trouble that people always find themselves in. That's why people always hit a wall with any of my stuff, because you can't take it literally.”
“The world is not so kind, people trap your mind.”
“When my world seems to crumble all around, and foolish people try to bring me down, I just think of your smile face, and I'm flying.”
“This will be a revolution of inquiring further, of not worrying about winning other people's approval, of not wishing you were someone else but perfectly content to be who you are. Someone unique, and rare, and fearless. I want to start a revolution of love.”
“People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what?... They're absolutely right.”
“I actually always try to have a moment in my show where I can just lay down on stage and talk to people for a little while.”
“I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me, I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.”
“There's always elements of danger in New York but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.”
“I like that you have four minutes to zero in on something and evoke a specific feeling and take people on some sort of journey.”
“I like to make people think.”
“People love pitting strong females against each other.”
“Ultimately what we actors are doing is communicating with people who are feeling alone or feeling different or confused or whatever and you're communicating and saying, "Hey, I don't get to know you, but here's a piece of me and you're not alone. We're in this together." Hopefully that communication has maybe made some people feel less alone.”
“I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'”
“People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are.”
“For pragmatic reasons, for lessening of violence and for allowing people to live better lives, I think that the march forward for GLBTQ+ rights is a worthwhile one. But for me, hopefully the frontier is alliance-making across all the social issues, whereby people can get over whatever prejudices they're holding in order to keep their eyes on making livable lives for people in all states of vulnerability, no matter what their gender, sexuality, race, class, origin, whatever.”
“labels can be fun! Some people are like, "As a card-carrying bear, where I also have a little bit of fairy in me..." People have fun collaging these; there's a fun people have with their identifications. The irony of them can be lost if you're just wholeheartedly anti-identitarian.”
“It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!”
“My kids are really learning everything from scratch. It's our job to be their tour guides and camp counselors and orientation people. That's a weird responsibility, especially in a world that feels as good as it feels bad.”