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My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.
Portia de Rossi
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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
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Horsham
Victoria
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Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
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I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to not care about other people's opinions. She taught me to be truthful. She taught me to be free. I began to live my life in love and complete acceptance. For the first time I had truly accepted myself.
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When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through.
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I was very sexual from a very young age.
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Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.
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I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school - and I'm still deferred.
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I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship it just obviously wasn't right for me.
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Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.
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And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.
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Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.
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The theory of objectivism claims that there are certain things that most people in society can agree upon. A model is pretty. A lawyer is smart. Our society is based upon objectivism. It’s how we make rules and why we obey them.
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You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.
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We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.
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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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