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17 quotes by Candis Cayne

Candis Cayne is an American actress and performance artist. Known in the New York City nightclub scene since the 1990s, Cayne came to national attention in 2007 for portraying transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money. The role makes Cayne the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character in prime time.
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I have a smile 24/7.

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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to... →

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I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy, no relationships were... →

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I consider myself true, which, I know, some people look at as radical, but I enjoy the normalcies of life. I'm not out there trying to transform... →

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I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do... →

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I love New York! You walk around, nobody notices you, you don't notice anybody, you're in your own little world.

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I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.

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It's such a private thing. It's a huge decision. It's not like you wake up one day and say, 'Oh, I'm going to change my sex -... →

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Like every girl, we don't talk about our surgeries.

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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.

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When I admitted I needed to grow old as a woman, it was a relief.

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You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

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I knew I could never be an actor as a man. It just doesn't work, you know? And so when I was doing drag, I realized I could do that kind of... →

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