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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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"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."
"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."
"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."
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"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 try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."
"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."
"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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