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I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school - and I'm still deferred.
Portia de Rossi
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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
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Television Actor
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Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
Portia DeGeneres
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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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Women in the postfeminist era, while supposedly strong and commanding and equal to men in every sense, looked weaker and smaller than ever before.
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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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My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.
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Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.
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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 don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.
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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 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 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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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.
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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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People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.
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You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.
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I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.
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And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.
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