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Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.
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I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.
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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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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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I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot. She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life.
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In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.
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Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.
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People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.
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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 justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.
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When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name.
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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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