“I can no longer claim outsider status. I claimed it for so long, but reality is reality, you know … that’s over now. I know how special all of this is, but having been on the other side of it, I also know how tenuous it is, too…
In the 40 years of this career, I’ve had maybe ten different ‘15 minutes of fame’. They come and go, so who knows how long this run lasts? “You see Kristen Stewart or Elliot Page or Bella Ramsey, these people just owning their personalities and not apologizing. There was so much apologizing for existing in the 90s.
Part of the job of being a young actress was that you had to fall in line. They love that you’re different and that’s why you’re getting work, but they’re also gonna make you feel uncomfortable about it all the time. And let you know that you’re not this generic thing in a spaghetti-strap number.”
– Pokerface and Orange Is The New Black actress and queer icon, Natasha Lyonne.
How thrilling, she said something that numerous other people have said long before she said it.
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