He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.

We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person.

I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.

To have gone through so much work to heal myself and have my mother not acknowledge in any way that she was sorry for what had happened to me, broke my heart.

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves.

I do not believe that I fell in love with a woman because I was abused.

I don't belong to the straights now - they didn't get me back.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice.

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex.

I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me.

I was raised to pretend.

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers.

I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.