Quotes About Individuality

I totally understand that I am a little outrageous in some ways... I'm a little un-P.C., but I really wish I had the chance to perform for the American fans.

Latinos are very passionate, and they perform a lot, and look at me, I'm talking with my hands, and this is just my normal self, so it kind of allows me to be who I am and not dumb it down.

I'm like a dude. Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage, and we don't want that.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Since 1993, I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that 'gay' is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person.

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.

It was more freeing, mainly because he's so free anyway. He just is in his performance. So to mimic someone doing a free performance, well, that's pretty freeing within itself.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

Everything I've performed has been from my own head.

Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different things. That gives me a lot of confidence that look and all do not always matter.

I always considered myself a performer. It's what God gave me. It doesn't matter if one person hears it or a million.

'Calamity Jane' inspired me to be a performer. I still want to be her.

As a performer, I groove to my own songs.

I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.

I never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

I remember I had a boyfriend a long time ago who said, 'You need to change your name; you sound like a circus performer.'

I needed the time to go to college and spend years with people who aren't in the business and become a person on my own in order to be the person that I am and the performer that I am. I wouldn't give that up to be in blockbusters or have more money.

I'm not running after glamorous roles, honestly. I'm a performer and want to perform instead of standing like a mannequin wearing a lot of makeup.

As a drag performer, my identity exists in music, art, and fashion, not in any one 'language' of gender or 'appearance.'

It's important to be out as a performer.

I have that inherent performer personality.

I am not a circus performer.