The huge machine of Hollywood creates this false image of what success is that causes everyone to strive for this thing that’s just not real. A red carpet is not a real thing. It’s a part of — just like in any industry — getting something out there and needing to publicize it. That’s what presenting at an awards show is. People are working, it’s a business, you get your hair and makeup done, you go, and you push the project you’re working on, because that’s a huge part of your job which I’m happy to do. But for the most part, people, whether they’re gay and closet and struggling, or trans and struggling, or just human and having a hard time, that’s not going to get reflected.
Ellen Page photographed by Olivia Malone for The Hollywood Reporter
2014: The Year of Ellen Page
“What I have learned is that love, the beauty of it, the joy of it and yes, even the pain of it, is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being. And we deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.”
“You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses going to great lengths to hide their heterosexuality. That’s an unfair double standard.”
“I would rather be working non-stop all day. I would rather be just emotionally exhausting and physically exhausting, and sit down for maybe half an hour at lunch and than keep going until the day is done rather than wait around all day.”
“The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god, I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriend’s hand.” - Ellen Page [on why she decided to come out]