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" Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe it; it didn't feel authentic. "

Ryan Murphy

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" I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like an oddball. Nobody really understood my work or what I wanted to do in my references. "

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" I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through. "

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" I've always been sort of, 'I love it,' or, 'I hate it,' and I think, as a result, I've always been a polarizing person. You either love me or you hate me. There's not a lot of 'Hmmm.' "

" I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story. "

" When I was starting out in Hollywood, everything was such a battle. "