Gaby Hoffmann

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

It's true that most people in the trans community don't have the incredible wealth and privilege that Caitlyn does. I don't think that, in any way, diminishes her struggle in her own transitioning.

I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only good for the trans community. I can't imagine that the more we talk about this that it's not just doing everybody a lot of good.

I actually voted for Nader.

I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

I know that in my own personal life, the people who I have dated who are funny can get away with a lot more than the people who aren't.

I thought I was a sexy symbol!

You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time!

History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.

It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.

Nudity has never been a big deal to me. I sort of grew up with a lot of it in my family.

I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.

My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.

I thought of myself as an adult trapped in a kid's body. Had I known what adulthood was like, I would have embraced childhood a little more.

Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.

When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.

My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.

My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and my interest in acting was there but kind of confused.

I watched a lot of television as a kid, and the suburbs to me - that was exotic! Like, a mom and dad who lived in the same house and had jobs and cooked breakfast at the same time every morning and did laundry in a washing machine and dryer? That was like, 'Woah! Who are they? How do you get to be like that?'

Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland!