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" Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me. "

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" Being different gives the world color. "

Being Different

" Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities. "

" Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me. "

" My idea of horses is from when I grew up on a farm. They were big, and they were dumb. "

" You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with. "

" I'd always dabbled in acting. "

" When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued. "

" I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father. "

" It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students. "

" If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me. "

" There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students. "

" Alan Ball, he's good at challenging his actors, I'll say that. "

" Boot camp was the first time I got a heavy dose of discipline. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. "

" My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian. "

" Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way. "

" Acting is the only thing that makes me happy. "

" When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward. "

" There are homophobic people in my family. They're deeply religious. "

" I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything. "

" The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves to a show and believe in the show and love the characters, they're there forever, and they're unshakeable. "

" Being different makes you beautiful. "

Being Different

" When you deal with Alan Ball, you're dealing with a person who is a genius in terms of how art imitates life. "

" I can't approach a character with judgment. "

" I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene. "

" At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie. "

" When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.' "

" Anna Paquin is marvelous, and she brings so much experience to the table. "

" I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society. "

" I had no intention of being an actor. "

" I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan. "