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> [“I don't know where this pressure came from. I can't blame my parents because it has always felt internal. Like any other parent, my mother celebrated the A grades and the less-than-A grades she felt there was no need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-don-t-know-where-this-pressure-came-from-i-can-t-blame-my-parents/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/portia-de-rossi-7193_competition_i-don-t-know-where-this-pressure-came-fr_2775466.png)

## More by Portia de Rossi

> [In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/in-high-school-i-had-sex-with-girls-quite-a-few-times-they-were/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/supermodels-are-over-and-the-new-picture-girl-has-become-the/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-knew-that-i-was-gay-i-knew-it-i-just-couldn-t-see-myself-as-a-gay/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/you-don-t-have-to-be-emaciated-or-vomiting-to-be-suffering-all-people/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-began-to-see-myself-as-someone-who-can-help-others-understand/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/the-most-important-thing-for-me-was-to-never-ever-ever-deny-it-but-i/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-would-eat-300-calories-a-day-a-lot-of-jell-o-and-no-sugar/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/the-diet-industry-is-making-a-lot-of-money-selling-us-fad-diets/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-really-never-stopped-thinking-about-ellen-because-i-just-haven-t/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/even-if-i-m-hormonal-and-i-feel-like-i-ve-got-a-couple-pounds-of/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/restriction-generates-yearning-you-want-what-you-cannot-have/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-didn-t-choose-the-fact-that-i-was-gay-but-i-did-choose-whether-to/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/you-live-with-the-fear-people-might-find-out-then-you-actually-have/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-m-living-by-example-by-continuing-on-with-my-career-and-having-a/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-stumbled-into-acting-and-just-loved-it-i-deferred-law-school-and-i/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

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