Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi
Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi /ˈpɔərʃə də ˈrɒsi/, is an Australian-American actress, model and philanthropist, known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development. She also portrayed Veronica Palmer on the ABC sitcom Better Off Ted and Olivia Lord on Nip/Tuck. She is married to American stand-up comedian, television host and actress Ellen DeGeneres. She currently appears on Scandal as Elizabeth North...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth31 January 1973
CountryAustralia
My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me. I felt like I was part of the whole by respecting every living thing rather than using it and destroying it by living unconsciously. Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.
I knew I wasn't attractive, and I was very happy about that. I didn't want to be attractive. I didn't want to attract. As long as no one wanted to be let in, I didn't have to shut anyone out.
When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear
Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.
I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.
Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.
I was very sexual from a very young age.
I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.
We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting
I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.
I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.
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.
And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating. "Ordered" eating is the practice of eating when you are hungry and ceasing to eat when your brain sends the signal that your stomach is full. ... All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering. If you can accept your natural body weight and not force it to beneath your body's natural, healthy weight, then you can live your life free of dieting, of restriction, of feeling guilty every time you eat a slice of your kid's birthday cake.
I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!