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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. "
Portia de Rossi
Life
Never
My Life
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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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" Oh, I don't have any fans. Personally? I don't have any. "
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" 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. "
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" I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again. "
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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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" 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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" It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine. "
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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 had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying! "
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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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" 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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" I was very sexual from a very young age. "
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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 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 saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that. Then when I saw her that night, we started talking, and that's that. "
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Mind
Talking
Night
" We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting. "
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Inspire
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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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Walk
Thought
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" When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly. "
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Hiding
You
Outside
" 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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Woman
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" 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. "
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Never
Feel
Diet
" 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. "
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Romantic
Love
Marriage
" 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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" 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 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. "
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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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Fear
People
Live
" The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim. "
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Time
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" I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life. "
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Thought
Public
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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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Movies
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" If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing. "
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Gay
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" Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk about. Even though I have fully recovered, there were still things that I needed to go through again and work through. "
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