It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.

When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye.

CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token guest stars. Let them be the next-door neighbors for a change.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.