You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying! — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
The theory of objectivism claims that there are certain things that most people in society can agree upon. A model is pretty.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
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… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
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.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
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;… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never,… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
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… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
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… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share
