Leisha: (on whether she’s ever considered becoming a gay parent) No. I don’t think so. Not for me. I don’t see myself with kids and never really have. But never say never. I guess what scares me is the thought of getting older and not having any family around. That’s creepy.
Leisha (on “Raising Teens”): I co-produced it with Lara Spotts and Sam Counter .The ‘gayby boom’ [ of gays having children ] is fairly new. So it was about finding teenagers who were products of gay marriages that had been there from the very beginning. We wanted to talk to the teens and find out what their experience has been like. We found three fabulous kids and went through their journeys and talked about what it’s been like and what it’s like today.
Leisha: (on working with Alan Cumming) I love him, he couldn’t be nicer. He’s funny, witty, and makes the whole room laugh. Especially at the table script read-throughs every week, which aren’t always the liveliest things to do. A lot of times you have to play characters that aren’t in the room. Alan is great with those.
Leisha: (on what The L Word cast thinks of the rumours that spread about the show) It depends. It’s not like we all sit around reading the message boards but you hear things. It’s just funny because you have no idea how things start. It’s strange what people come up with. But it’s pretty entertaining.
Leisha: (on how the relationships portrayed in The L Word mirror those in real life) I think they touch on a lot of things. I guess for some reason I really relate to Bette and Tina. Maybe because they’re a domestic couple…
Leisha: (on how she would react to being dumped) I’ve never stalked anyone, but I’ve felt that angry. It makes you feel like you’re losing control, after severe heartbreak. Not that I’ve ever acted on it, but I can understand where that came from.
Leisha (on filming Season 3 of “The L Word”): I really feel like we got back to the first year feeling this year. Last year there was so much pressure. Because we had done so well the first year, we came back full of anxiety. Everyone was trying to top it somehow, or worried about topping it. It was odd. But this year we came back and were ourselves again and the energy was great. It feels like a really tightly run ship.
Leisha (on why "The L Word" has achieved crossover status by focusing less on "lesbian issues" per se): People have this perception of a gay lifestyle - that it's so different, when really it's exactly the same. Problems at work. Problems at home. Jealousy. It runs the gamut. But I think maybe that's why this show is a hit: people identify with it regardless.
Leisha: (on gay bands) I think it's just ... amazing. I remember meeting the Butchies when they were just starting at the Michigan Women's Festival, and it was so great to see them. They said that they looked up to us, which was really nice. And now, I see them on the covers of gay magazines, and I love it. That's something that really makes me happy.
Leisha: I was in New York, and straight women kept stopping me and saying, "God, I really love your show," which is great. I think that if any girl ever thought about crossing over at one point in her life, then she's watching the show.
Leisha (on her appearance on “The Puppy Episode”): Yeah, I was an extra in the coffee shop! [Laughs.] There was room on this seat, so I just sat there. It was funny.
Leisha: I'm a serial monogamist.
Leisha is currently dating The L Word stylist Nina Garduno.
Leisha: It's important for the writers to catch themselves and say 'are we crossing the line here?' But then I think 'it's a TV show, it's for entertainment and if people are a little overboard then that's what TV is all about'. We're supposed to yell at the TV, that's what makes it fun. If I were a viewer, I'd be yelling sometimes as well.
Leisha: There's a couple of lesbian things in the States that when you go to them you can't believe they exist. The Michigan Women's Festival is like that. It's so much fun, it's like 10,000 women taking over the woods. You pitch your tent, and it's a little town. You have coffee shops, meetings about whatever thing you're interested in; there's a baby dyke camp, an S and M camp, I saw it!"
Leisha: The more people are out the easier it is for everyone else. I was never in the closet and once I told my parents about it, and they were amazing, I never had anyone to keep it from.
Leisha (on “The L Word”): It has never been done before so I was actually surprised at how mainstream it's become.
Leisha: (on the similarities between her and her character on The L Word) I'm not so quick-witted. I wish I was. We're pretty different and I kind of live through her in a way, always having a witty thing to say.
Leisha: It's pretty awesome for me. I'm on a steady series that's doing really well, and it's about something that's really personal as well. It's probably one of the most important things I've ever done.
Leisha (on playing a bisexual character on “The L Word”): I actually had to get used to doing it [on the show] with boys, which is interesting for me. I've learned a lot about [being bisexual]. It's not something that happens to you on the way from being straight to gay, or anything you dabble in. There are very real bisexuals in the world, and that's fun to explore and portray. I hope I'm doing it correctly.
She appeared in the teen movie “All Over Me”, playing Lucy, a lesbian punk rocker.
Her band, Gush, released two albums.
Leisha had to move to New York from Nebraska, so she could attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Leisha was born in Okinawa, Japan but grew up in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Leisha attended Bellevue West High School in Nebraska.
Leisha was an extra [sitting in the coffee shop] in Ellen DeGeneres' 'coming out' episode of "Ellen."
She played a woman with Hypertrichosis (werewolf syndrome) on an episode of C.S.I.
Leisha is in a band called Gush, a raw, old school rock band, where Hailey plays guitar and sings.
Leisha is in the Yoplait yogurt commercial.
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