Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi

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Biography

Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American former actress. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development, and Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017).

"I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay."

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"Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life."

Portia de Rossi

"I was very sexual from a very young age."

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"I saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that. Then when I saw her that night, we started talking, and that's that."

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"The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know."

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"You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy."

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"You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy."

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"My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later."

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"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."

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"I want to exude strength and intelligence."

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"I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been."

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"I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me."

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"I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship it just obviously wasn't right for me."

Portia de Rossi

"I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been."

Portia de Rossi

"I want to exude strength and intelligence."

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"Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet."

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"I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again."

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