“Every religion you are, every ethnicity you are, every sex you are, if you’re gay or straight. You should be considered as equal as anybody else. That’s super-simple, but apparently we have to still march for it.”

In America, it’s like, “Grab your sandwich, we’re ready to shoot in 10 minutes.” But at the same time, everything works so much better in America. It’s more efficient, so it’s easier to bring the results home faster.

I feel like having a positive attitude in life is going to change the world. If we could all have a good attitude, we could really make a change.

I feel like I’m just a woman like every woman. We have our doubts, which is better, because I always prefer to stay humble about everything.

I would get very involved with political issues and stuff like that. And now, I still have an opinion on everything, but I try to balance staying informed and having a positive attitude.

I love babies. I could take care of them for all the days of my life and I’d be happy. It is for sure passion No. 1.

I do feel like the change is happening. It might have just started, but I believe it’s not going to end. It’s just the beginning.

My No. 1 hobby and interest is being a mom. It’s something that makes me passionate, you know?

In Italy, or France, we take it very slow. For example, we would have a lunch break of an hour or more. Just sitting down at the table, chitchatting.

I learn to be kind of balanced, because when I was a teenager and in my early 20s,

As a model, you really get to work everywhere in the world. You get a little bit of this, a little bit of that.

The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded to derogatory remarks accompanied with a stated intent to kill him by asking, “Would you like to make an appointment?”

I don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.

I think the fact that I’m so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn’t be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman – I’ll kiss a frog if you like.

Gay people are made and not born.

I don’t like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with – that’s the way I was raised – but I just can’t see what’s so wrong about being gay.

Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I’m gay, then I think I’ll be fine. I can handle it.

I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

My cousin’s gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.