My Grandfather Was The First Feminist In

I Grew Up In A Family Where We Weren't Allowed To Talk About Beauty Or To Put Any Emphasis On Physical Appearance.

I Was Able To Be Distant By Portraying Another Person, Another Character, If You Will, And I Found Myself Not Stuttering And Not Having Anxiety Attacks When I Was Portraying Another Soul, Another Being, And I Found Comfort In That. I Think Many Actors Do, Playing Someone Other Than Themselves.

Let's Start Working Towards Wellness, A Healing In Our Community, A Healing In Relationships, So Male And Female Can Finally Sit Down And Understand That That Young Boy Or Young Girl Saw Behavior Exhibited By Their Parents That Was Negative And Abusive And They're Going To Pass It On.

At The Beginning, My Ambition Was Never To Break Down Doors. It Was Just To Earn Tuition For Myself And Work In An Industry Where Women Hadn't Been Allowed Or Invited. That's All I Wanted To Do, Not Thinking That I Would Make Waves, Change Minds, Excite People, Incite People, Turn On People, Repulse People.

I Ask You, How Would You Like Your Mom, Your Wife, Your Daughter To Spend $100,000 To Go To Harvard Or Some State School, And Go Out Into The Workplace, And You Know She's Great, And Men Are Getting Paid $200 Per Week More Than Her? Would That Piss You Off? What If You Lost Your Job And You Stay Home Crippled While She Goes Out, And She Thinks She's Going To Get A Good Job, But Someone Male With The Same Level Of Experience And The Same Level Of Education Gets Paid More Than Her? You're Going To Get Pissed. Until You Walk A Mile In Someone Else's Shoes, I Don't Want To Hear It.