“I've never been called that to my face before, so I think that when that happened, something shifted, and it became bigger than myself. I was under no delusions, though. My friends on the set knew. We talked about it. Publicly, it's not my thing to call up People Magazine and be like, 'Hey, you wanna know something about me?' I could have just let it slide and not say anything, but it became important for me to make the statement.”
