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. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
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. — 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 Image
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
