Friday quoteables...

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
- Isaiah Washington's statement in reaction to his being fired from the cast of "Grey's Anatomy"

"Oh my God, I can breathe! Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again."
- actress Heather Matarazzo, when asked by Planet Gossip what it's like being out as a lesbian in Hollywood.

“If I’d gone public in the beginning (1960s), I would have been finished. It was the big, painful secret of my life and I couldn’t talk about it when I was playing leading men...Oh, Hollywood knew -- they knew right off. I don’t know how they knew because I was pretty careful, but Hollywood knew. It’s almost not interesting. That’s why I’ve come to realize in my own life, that the fact that I’m gay is not an interesting thing really. Yet still in America there’s a lot of misconceptions about gayness.”
- Out actor Richard Chamberlain on spending most of his career as a leading man in the closet

“Do I support gay marriage?” Pause. Cue a frown, handwaving and flicking of hair, then: “You know, I don’t think this is the right place to talk about these kinds of things. Let’s talk about movies, let’s talk about other things … there’s so many things involved in [gay marriage].”
- Actress Sophia Loren's respons to a question from Lesbian Australian sappho-journo Katrina Fox at a press conference for the Italian Australian Film Festival.

"'Don't Ask' has not been a benign 'transition policy' as she claims. It was a cowardly political calculation that reaffirmed the military's unjust discharge policies and resulted in the dismissal of 10,870 dedicated service people since 1993. Discharges for homosexuality actually increased under 'Don't Ask' and cost taxpayers more than a quarter of a billion dollars. How can Hillary complain about the recent discharge of 55 Arab language specialists under 'Don't Ask' and not admit that the policy is a terrible mistake?"
- Sen. Mike Gravel slamming Hillary Clinton over 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell':

"'I was afraid to go on stage, but people were really, really nice. I felt free and could sing like I've never sung before.' He said the support was a reflection of a more open Mexican society, but he added that he still wants to fight for gays to be respected — not just tolerated."
- Mexican pop star Christian Chavez, who came out of the closet in late February, to Televisa network

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"There's always a man that you love. There's always a man that you didn't love. There's always a man that you love to love, and a man that you love too much."
-- Liza Minnelli, who plans to rap on a new album:

"Me, I don't want any children, I don't want responsibility. I am gay, I smoke weed and I do exactly what I want in my life because of my talent. I represent an ideal which others have had to let go and they blame me for that. Especially men."
-- George Michael