I grew up doing theater. I came to New York and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. I was this serious young actress. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I think I arrived in this world to be creative: a performer, and an entertainer, and I channeled that through doing theater at school and then into my training in New York. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I hadn't been on the big screen in 40 years when I did the horror film 'Fright Night,' so during production of 'Bros,' I… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
This is my job, portraying something other than what I am. 'Married' is a cartoon with real people. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
When you walk through this world, things happen. Even if you have a blessed life, there's always a little brokenness within each of us. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
The more we stand up and be counted, the harder it will be to discount our community. We need to put a face on… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I just try to find the fun and the blessings in all that comes my way. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
Growing up in the 60s and 70s, there were no role models for lesbian women. It wasn't until many, many years later that some… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are,… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I feel no shame about being a homosexual. I'm proud of who I am and I'm proud of my family. I live my life… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I grew up doing theater. I came to New York and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. I was this serious young… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I'm a realist, so I tend to look at life, well, not through rose-colored glasses, let's put it that way. I thought, if I… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I was mainly known as a theater person, and they were always considered a little strange. But I did have a lot of friends… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I embrace the word queer as all-encompassing and how inclusive it is. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
You can't type what a lesbian is. We're anything and everything. The one thing in common is that we make love to other women.… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
The most important political step that any gay man or lesbian can take is to come out of the closet. It's been proven that… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
