Judith Light Quotes

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people.

- Judith Light

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

- Judith Light

It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.

- Judith Light

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

- Judith Light

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

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To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do.

- Judith Light

Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.

- Judith Light

My weight went up and down like a yo-yo.

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I know what it feels like to be an outsider.

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There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

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I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.

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I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight.

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I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.

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I was different and people made fun of me.

- Judith Light

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

- Judith Light

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

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You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.

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We all have our own closets to come out of.

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The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life.

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I found that the body, mind and spirit are all connected. They are not separate pieces.

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When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.

- Judith Light

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.

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If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.

- Judith Light

It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political.

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I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

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I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.

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But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

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Women don't realize how powerful they are.

- Judith Light