You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.
The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people.
We all have our own closets to come out of.
It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.
I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.
To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do.
If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.
Women don't realize how powerful they are.
You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.
I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.
Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.
Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.
People can only do what they are ready to do when they are ready to do it.
My weight went up and down like a yo-yo.
I know what it feels like to be an outsider.
When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.
I was different and people made fun of me.
You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.
I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight.
Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.
