Portia de Rossi

Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.

— Portia de Rossi

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

— Portia de Rossi

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

— Portia de Rossi

And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

— Portia de Rossi

I love body parts, especially hands.

— Portia de Rossi

I was very sexual from a very young age.

— Portia de Rossi

I highly recommend inviting the worst-case scenario into your life.

— Portia de Rossi

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

— Portia De Rossi

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

— Portia de Rossi

I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!

— Portia de Rossi

I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic,…

— Portia de Rossi

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

— Portia de Rossi

“I felt intimidated. I felt less than, not equal, and on a completely different, un-relatable level.”

— Portia de Rossi

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

— 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.

— Portia de Rossi

Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.

— Portia de Rossi

When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything…

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Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk…

— Portia de Rossi

I have a very, very healthy relationship with food in that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I never restrict…

— Portia de Rossi

If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are…

— Portia de Rossi

At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got…

— Portia de Rossi

I saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out…

— 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…

— Portia de Rossi

It's always fun to play the innocent, no matter what you're doing. If you feel like you're doing the right thing, you…

— Portia de Rossi

She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while…

— Portia de Rossi

My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed…

— Portia de Rossi

I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there…

— Portia de Rossi

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

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

“If your self esteem really does depend on how you look, you're always going to be insecure. There's no way you can…

— Portia de Rossi

If your self-esteem really does depend on how you look you're always going to be insecure. There's no way you can get…

— Portia de Rossi

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

“I can't explain the birds to you even if I tried. In the early morning, when the sun's rays peek over the…

— Portia de Rossi

“By starving myself into society’s beauty ideal, I had compromised my success, my independence, and my quality of life. Being overweight was…

— Portia de Rossi

“I don't know where this pressure came from. I can't blame my parents because it has always felt internal. Like any other…

— Portia de Rossi

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

Oh, I don't have any fans. Personally? I don't have any.

— Portia de Rossi

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting

— Portia de Rossi

I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life.

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I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.

— Portia de Rossi