Judith Light Quotes
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We all have our own closets to come out of
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I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.
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I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.
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When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.
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Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.
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You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you
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You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.
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Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.
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It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political.
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The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.
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I know what it feels like to be an outsider.
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It happens all the time! People are always talking about that explosive moment in their family history that sort of changed everything and rattled the cage, and more times than not it has nothing to do with trans issues. That's why people are relating to the show Transparent, because our family is their family and they understand that dynamic.
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I think it's very important for me to work on myself while I'm working on a character, and also it's important how I'm giving to and educating an audience. So I tend to go with people who are complex and substantive.
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I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight.
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To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do
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Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair
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If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.
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I was different and people made fun of me.
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I learned so much from Tony Danza I learned so much about myself.
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The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life.
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There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.
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The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people
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Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.
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I found that the body, mind and spirit are all connected. They are not separate pieces.
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I love being able to make people laugh.
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I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you
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I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.
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But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.
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Women don't realize how powerful they are
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You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.
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