Explore Quotes by Portia De Rossi

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.

I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school - and I'm still deferred.

I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.

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

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.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.

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.

I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans.

Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect.

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.

I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.

I love body parts, especially hands.

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 don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

I was very sexual from a very young age.

I would eat 300 calories a day - a lot of Jell-O and no-sugar everything, of course. I was doing Pilates, weight-training, circuit training; over lunch I would run on a treadmill in my dressing room with a fan on my face so I wouldn't sweat my makeup off.

I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

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.

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