Portia de Rossi Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.”
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“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 can get away with a lot comedically. I had definitely missed not having a conscience.”
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“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.”
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“At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got on stage, there were kids in the background who all screamed, "Marry me!," very loud.”
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“Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.”
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“I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!”
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“Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.”
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“Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these people are phony or shallow, in their own right. If you've ever watched any of The Real Housewives, or those types of shows, they're all performing. Even though they're real people, they're performing.”
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“And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.”
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“I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left to talk about. He wasn't confused. He didn't need questions answered. He didn't ask why or how or with whom or whether I thought maybe it might just be a phase. He didn't ask who knew and who didn't know or whether I thought it might ruin my career. I was his sister and he didn't care whether I was straight or gay; it simply didn't matter to him.”
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“She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it's the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can't really give offense unless someone takes it.”
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“Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.”
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“I have a very, very healthy relationship with food in that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I never restrict quantities or types of food.”
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“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, ever go on a diet.”
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“I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.”
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“I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.”
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“I was very sexual from a very young age.”
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“Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.”
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“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; over lunch I would run on a treadmill in my dressing room with a fan on my face so I wouldn't sweat my makeup off.”
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“I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.”
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“I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that”
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“If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing”
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“I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it”
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“I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.”
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“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 terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.”
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“I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.”
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“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 was.”
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“In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me”
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“I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.”
-- Portia de Rossi
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