When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you’re more willing to stand up and be counted.
I’m taking a lot of my favorite artists, different people, my favorite music and marrying that with what I do as a comic. It’s very collaborative, arty, fun and cool.
I didn’t appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It’s never good to add to anybody else’s suffering. It’s an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of – dealing with dignity.
That’s part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive.
I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn’t exist, because I hated myself so much.
I am in love with Counting Crows. It is so manly and American.
I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.
I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don’t.
I’m lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.
I thought I was so ugly for so long, and I wasted so much of my life on this dumb notion.
I think the best way to get over your body issues is to just flaunt your body at every opportunity.
I am star-struck but also I’ve known a lot of people for a long time. Like I’m super star-struck by Grant Lee Phillips and Jon Brion but I’ve known them for 17 years. So it’s kinda like weird to be star-struck still, but I still am!
One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat.
I love singing and that’s kind of my new thing.
Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don’t hate gay prostitutes.
I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they’d laugh.
I knew I was crazy because I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and the part where Jesus carries the cross up the mountain, I actually said to myself, Wow! That must be a really good workout! Yeah, because you’re doing arms and cardio!
I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.
I refer to myself as gay, but I’m married to a man.
I don’t want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That’s been used to hurt me so much.