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" With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition. "

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" I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was. "

" Deep down, my ego always thought that I would outlast a lot of people that I was competing against. "

" I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway. "

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" I mean, I've done different things at different times that I shouldn't have done, once or twice, you know. "

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" In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life. "

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