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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've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it. "

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" I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series. "

" I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred. "

" I want to exude strength and intelligence. "

" 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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" I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality. "

" I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been. "

" I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life. "

" It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine. "

" My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me. "

Portia de Rossi

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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. "

" I was very sexual from a very young age. "

" 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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" 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. "

" Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet. "

" I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me. "

" 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. "

" I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot. She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life. "

" 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. "

" When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Portia de Rossi

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" The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim. "

" Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into. "

" My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later. "

" I have a very, very healthy relationship with food in that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I never restrict quantities or types of food. "

" 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. "