"I think there is something very specific about a community of people who have by very virtue of their sexuality had to be self-determining, that early realization, that early decision, all the feelings of loneliness, all the feelings of pride - all of that is my home. There are things that ...I take from my background with great gratitude - things like a love of nature, the idea of social responsiblity, good manners etc. - but I had to make a departure very, very early, and maybe that's the real key to why I feel very much at home in the gay community."

Here are a few other choice bits:
On awards season dress-up: "Here I am, in this town, going to all these events, and it's still remarkable, apparently, to turn up on these red carpets with no make-up. I mean, remarks are made.It is extraordinary for women not to wear eye make-up."

On the Sundance Film Festival: "It's like a polluted lagoon, isn't it? Everybody went there to enjoy the crystal waters and the white sand, and they just messed it upwith swag bags and studio deals! I actually said I didn't want any swag, and it was not kindly taken. Someone almost said to me, 'Well,what are you doing here then?'"

She just sees through it all. Can you imagine Tilda trying to have a conversation with the vapid Paris Hilton?