"I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay."
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"The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose a piece of our self-esteem every time we fail another diet or neglect to use the gym membership we could barely afford."
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"I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me."
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"The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know."
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"I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!"
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"If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is."
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"When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear."
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"I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me."
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"I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school - and I'm still deferred."
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"I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was."
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"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."
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"I wondered if that's what aging felt like. That desire and reality were dueling until the day you die, that nobody every got to a place of peace. I had always wanted to get old so I didn't have to care anymore, but I began to think that it would be best just to skip the getting older part and just die."
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"When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through."
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"Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect."
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"I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time."
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"Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress."
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"You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy."
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"I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans."
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"I would eat 300 calories a day - a lot of Jell-O and no-sugar everything, of course. I was doing Pilates, weight-training, circuit training; over lunch I would run on a treadmill in my dressing room with a fan on my face so I wouldn't sweat my makeup off."
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"Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself."
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