Judith Light
Women don't realize how powerful they are.Collection: Women
Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.Collection: Society
I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.Collection: Courage
You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.Collection: Patience
You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.
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.
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.
The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people.
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.
I was different and people made fun of me.
I know what it feels like to be an outsider.
My weight went up and down like a yo-yo.
You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.
When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.
I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight.
Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.
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.
We all have our own closets to come out of.
I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.
People can only do what they are ready to do when they are ready to do it.
I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.
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.
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.
It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political.
It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.
Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.
I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.
I love being able to make people laugh.
If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.
I found that the body, mind and spirit are all connected. They are not separate pieces.
I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.
We all have our own closets to come out ofCollection: Closets
You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for youCollection: Listen To Yourself
Women don't realize how powerful they areCollection: Inspiring
Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hairCollection: Hair
I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give youCollection: Giving
It happens all the time! People are always talking about that explosive moment in their family history that sort of changed everything and rattled the cage, and more times than not it has nothing to do with trans issues. That's why people are relating to the show Transparent, because our family is their family and they understand that dynamic.Collection: Talking
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 doCollection: Mean
I think it's very important for me to work on myself while I'm working on a character, and also it's important how I'm giving to and educating an audience. So I tend to go with people who are complex and substantive.Collection: Character
The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent peopleCollection: People