Portia De Rossi Quotes

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.

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.

When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear.

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.

We must be able to inspire. That’s my goal in acting.

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.

Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.

People might find me attractive, but it’s also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

My s*xuality is a part of me that I really like. But it’s not the totality of me.

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I’d deal with the other stuff later.

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.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

In high school I had s*x with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.

If you’ve looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That’s just the way it is.

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn’t nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.

I’ve had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn’t going to talk about it.

I’m living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

I was very s*xual from a very young age.

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.