Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi

10 quotes

Portia de Rossi is an Australian -American actress, born 1973, whose eloquence matched a remarkable career. Whether reflecting on Fear or Courage, Portia de Rossi brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 13 quotes from Portia de Rossi, each offering a different angle on Fear, Courage, Strength, Romantic, and Relationship. To get a sense of their style, try: "I want to exude strength and intelligence."

“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.”

— Portia de Rossi

Courage

All Quotes by 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

Marriage

“I was very sexual from a very young age.”

— Portia de Rossi

Age

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

— Portia de Rossi

Home

“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.”

— Portia de Rossi

Amazing

“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.”

— Portia de Rossi

Fear

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

— Portia de Rossi

Movies

“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

Relationship

“I want to exude strength and intelligence.”

— Portia de Rossi

Intelligence

“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.”

— Portia de Rossi

Courage

“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.”

— Portia de Rossi

Courage