Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything.

There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.

To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's important to the gay youth - who are now setting the agenda - then its important to me.