“[I]t’s not really coming out, which suggests opening a door and stepping through. It’s more like a long, long walk through what began as a narrow corridor that starts to widen. And then some doors are open and light comes in, and there are skylights and it widens. Brad’s my partner, we’ve been together for 18 years. So, I’ve been ‘open,’ but I have not talked to the press. In that sense, maybe that’s another opening of the corridor there.”

“For someone in entertainment, the big hurdle is when people start asking questions about it [your sexual orientation]. Nobody tells you in drama school how to deal with the press – you’re fumbling in the dark a lot at first, and you end up looking to your publicist for advice sometimes. For the first couple of months, I just said I don’t want to talk about my personal life. My agents and publicity people thought that was the best way to go, but it felt pretty silly before long. Remember this was 10 years ago, before Ellen – the atmosphere was pretty different than what we have going on right now. But my friends kept reminding me that I had an opportunity in front of me – they helped me realize that I wanted to be on the right side of history with this issue.”