Portia de Rossi Quotes

Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.
Portia de Rossi

Yourself, Lesbian, Everyone

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

Fear, Feelings, Lesbian

I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.
Portia de Rossi

Life, Gay, Career

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.
Portia de Rossi

Women, School, Sex

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.
Portia de Rossi

Time, Smart, Enough

I want to exude strength and intelligence.
Portia de Rossi

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.
Portia de Rossi

Time, Smart, Successful

If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is.
Portia de Rossi

Try, Glamour, Models

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.
Portia de Rossi

Sexuality, Totality

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.
Portia de Rossi

Courage, Gay, Important

When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear.
Portia de Rossi

Wanted, Disappear, Anorexic

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.
Portia de Rossi

Good, Pretty, Youth

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.
Portia de Rossi

Life, Live, Gay

I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.
Portia de Rossi

Movies, Sex, Side

I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!
Portia de Rossi

Time, Gay, Hell

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.
Portia de Rossi

Romantic, Love, Marriage

I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.
Portia de Rossi

Struggle, Long, Difficult

I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.
Portia de Rossi

Heart, Gay, Woman

I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans.
Portia de Rossi

Love, Time, Beautiful

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.
Portia de Rossi

Great, Him, Caring

I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot. She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life.
Portia de Rossi

Life, Away, She

I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life.
Portia de Rossi

Life, Thinking, Energy

I saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that. Then when I saw her that night, we started talking, and that's that.
Portia de Rossi

Amazing, Mind, Hard

I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.
Portia de Rossi

Law, Acting, Loved

I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life.
Portia de Rossi

Life, Thought, Public

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Nationality: Australian

Born: January 31, 1973

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