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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.

- Portia de Rossi

Control, The Only Thing, Paparazzi

Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk about. Even though I have fully recovered, there were still things that I needed to go through again and work through.

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Through, Needed, Very, Recovered

The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim.

- Portia de Rossi

Insurance, Thought, Claim

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.

- Portia de Rossi

Thought, Through, Some, Ellen

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

My Life, Away, Took, Ellen

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

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My Life, Kind, Stopped, Ellen

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

Mind, Very, Knees, Ellen

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

Deal, Other, About, Ellen

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

Green, Had, Obviously, Card

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

Dress, Think, Certain Way, Lesbian

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

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Law, Still, Deferred, Stumbled

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

Going, Models, Looked, Lately

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

Career, Living, Having, Continuing

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

- Portia de Rossi

Convincing, Had, Which, Annoying

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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Love, Work, Process, Early

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.

- Portia de Rossi

Think, Tell, Might, Gay

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

My Life, Actress, Terrifying, Gay

Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet.

- Portia de Rossi

Will, Like, Couple, Pounds

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

- Portia de Rossi

My Life, Thought, Public, Public Life

When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name.

- Portia de Rossi

I Think, Fit, About, Legally

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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Sex, High School, Had, Sack

I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it.

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Question, Last, Very, Creative Ways

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

- Portia de Rossi

Movies, Side, Slight, Scenes

I was very sexual from a very young age.

- Portia de Rossi

Young, Young Age, Very, Sexual

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

- Portia de Rossi

Dress, Everyone, Turned, Awards

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.

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Love, Fact, Feminine, Clothes

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.

- Portia de Rossi

Want, Very, Types, Restrict

I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.

- Portia de Rossi

Never, Will, Ever, Restrict

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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Doing, Pretty, Always, Pretty Good

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

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Enough, Feminine, Same Time, Intellectual

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