Quotes About Acceptance

There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen.

I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.

There are many projects that I would have loved to be a part of, but I was not high-profile enough, or I had the wrong look. That's just something you have to expect.

The trouble was that I tried to prolong my youth.

When I was growing up, white people made fun of me. So it was always strange to me as I would gain prominence in hip hop, white people kind of accepted me more and they would talk to me more. It's so weird to me, growing up, thinking about that in my life. It really is a complete change.

When Ellen came out on national television, it was the first time I'd ever seen an LGBT woman represented in such a prominent way.

Unless I am convinced that it is a strong, prominent role with ample scope to perform, I don't accept it. I want the audience to recognize me for my acting talent.

A lot of people judge bisexuality as 'being promiscuous' or something like that. But I believe you can love somebody; you can fall in love with a person's soul.

I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women.

I promise that I will no longer use the word 'homosexual.'

In the '80s everything was accepted and there was a kind of euphoria. The '90s will be the balance-sheet decade, and only those who give the consumer what they promise will survive.

I never promised you a rose garden.

I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.

At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.

This is Life. Nothing's promised or perfect, neither am I.

I am against the policy which would promote the entry of immigrants into Europe, which cannot accept them.

If I get elected, my government will promote a culture of acceptance and non-violence in the country.

I'm inspired to post a lot of positive messages on my social media because, growing up, I felt as though I needed somebody that looked like me in the limelight or in entertainment to promote being different and promote accepting your differences.

To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.

Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees us.

In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky.

My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

I am proof that, as Americans, we can embrace our differences.