Quotes

I love boxing but one of the reasons I struggle with it is because I can't easily connect with a fighter who doesn't have a loss on his record. Defeats are the most important fights. They're the ones where you see what a person is made of. A lot of the time you don't get to see that until a boxer is near the end of his career.

I love watching fights with my friends, love discussing the fights.

People love Jane Austen, even though those books are absurd to us, because we like the clarity of it: we can see very clearly what Elizabeth Bennett has to overcome, what she has to deal with.

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough.

If you can get every kid to have found a book that he or she loves, then you've done a great job.

I love the UFC. I'm a huge fan.

I just love the spotlight. I'm a bit big-headed like that, I guess.

I love my analyst job.

It's not unusual for me to spend three or four days a week watching eight or 10 hours of fights. Even if it wasn't necessary for work, I love the purity of combat sports and the purity of MMA.

All the Oscars stuff for 'An Education' was incredibly exciting, especially because it was such an underdog project - no one would give us the money for it, and we all nearly gave up because it wasn't getting anywhere, then suddenly a breakthrough and this really lovely film, which then took on a life of its own.

I can remember my father gave me a huge history of football for my 12th birthday - I used to read that a lot. I can remember thinking it was cool that something I was interested in even had a history. Most things I loved didn't.

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.

My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.

I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can say they're good guys. It's cool to see that they get to do what they love. But I think they clearly have an appreciation for where they came from, and it has shaped who they are.

I love pizza; you can't really go wrong with pizza.

Being a pastor's kid comes with a lot of pressure and scrutiny. A lot of my dad's sermons were about respect. It was a beautiful way to be taught about love and two people being equal.

My upbringing was faith-based, but we believed you should love all others as you want to be loved, because everyone should be treated equally. That's helped me have an understanding of people on different journeys and in different walks of life. At the end of the day, we're all the same, because we all want to be loved.

I love the show 'Nashville,' I mean, that's a show that's pretty incredible.

My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and that's the position I take.

I really like scripted dramas. My favorite show of all time would have to be 'Lost': I loved how the writers and producers were able to weave the different storylines together; and the acting in that show was incredible.

I grew up here in New York City and New Jersey, performing on Broadway shows, surrounded by some of my closest friends from the LGBT community. My father, a minister from New Jersey, shaped my view that love is love, that we are all equal.

I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.

My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.

In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love.