"My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay."

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later."

"Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't."

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself."

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses."

"I just hope that I continue to keep a line between my private life and who I play, even if they are closely intertwined, and so I'm careful. I don't even know where my line is, but I know I have a line."

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."