Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.

I've only dressed in drag three or four times.

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.

My grandma was a nurse, and she helped a lot of transgender clients, so growing up, I was very aware of that, and my family and I have always been very supportive of people going through this.

I'm inspired by my family's legacy of public service. It's something that I'm very proud of.