“What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling m...” — Laverne Cox Quote

“What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.”

“When people find out you're an actress, they Google you.”

“I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.”

“Because I was the first super-elite, the press caught on and started calling me a supermodel. So in that sense, I guess I'm the first. But, in my opinion, there were girls that could have been called supermodels before that, if the term was in existence.”

“I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up.”

“Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.”