In 1993, I premiered my solo piece 'Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life So Far' at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. It then went to New York and ran for several months Off-Broadway.
My mother and grandmother created this secret garden where it was OK for boys to play with dolls, and it was OK for little boys to sew potholders.
From my years on 'Will & Grace,' you'd think I'm Madonna.
I'm Southern to the bone.
That's the secret to happiness. Find something you can make money at that you really love to do.
People say, 'Oh, you do theater!' And I say, 'Honey, I do theater to get better TV and film roles.'
The thing that I love about 'Will & Grace' is that there's a clear-cut reason for my character to be there. I come in with the zinger. My character seldom has much to do with moving the story ahead. I know exactly what my job is there. It's just a party, basically. I'm just having a ball.
Big Brother' has put me off people. I thought, 'I'm gonna get a dog.' I really think I'm going to become more reclusive. It was nothing like I expected. I was so naive about it.
I don't mind playing gay because there's a whole plethora of gay roles out there, but if I get asked to play one more Southern hairdresser, I'm going to scream.
All my boyfriends are in their 20s.
I grew up in Chattanooga.
I have a lot of shame, and until I got sober at 42 years of age, I had never voted. I was just a hippie.
I'm not Kathy Griffin. I can't do 1200 seat venues. I need 300, 400 something like that.
I don't know why all three, my comedic idols are... women.
In my head I have had the most torrid affairs with actors I have worked with. You should hear what George Clooney and I have got up to!
Time has taught me that parents do the best they can with the light they are seeing with. That is what we all do.
I grew up riding. From the time I was nineteen years old to the time I was twenty five I exercised race horses.
I was always the class clown. I was always the funny one.
Lesbian humor is nothing like gay men's humor. We're sillier.
In my day there was no one to tell me anything and I feel I have a responsibility to help a new generation. A lady in Atlanta came up to me and said: 'Honey, you are a ministry.' It is about the knowledge I can give others. I think gays will look after their own.
