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Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.

Portia de Rossi

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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Writer
Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
Portia DeGeneres
Portia Di Rossi
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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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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 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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When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.
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Normal isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.
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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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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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People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.
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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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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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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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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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Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.
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