What I've found - and the older I get, the more I understand this and stand behind it - is, my whole life has been an exploration of telling the truth. It's scary to be truthful, and it's scary to reveal yourself, and I'm very attracted to doing things that scare me.

I find acting slightly nerve racking, but I like the challenge.

Sometimes when you get old, you get a star on Hollywood Boulevard.

It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.

We must respect women's personal decisions about their health, not dictate to them.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.

I worked as a clerical assistant at the Department of Health and Social Security for about three months before I went to drama school.