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Quotes About RuPaul

Anna Wintour is a very smart woman. She's a Scorpio, like me.
~ RuPaul
RuPaul might not broadcast herself as political, but I think she tries to make moves in American history by catching more flies with honey than vinegar. Rather than telling people to vote, maybe she'll do a mini-challenge on voting. She understands that you can influence people in a good way without preaching.
~ Trixie Mattel
It actually was 'RuPaul's Best Friend Race' for me.
~ Katya Zamolodchikova
In person, RuPaul is warm, funny, personable - someone who thoroughly enjoys life.
~ Jenna Wortham
Making chocolate with RuPaul, it doesn't get much better than that honestly. That's the dream; that's what everyone aspires to do.
~ Tyler Henry
RuPaul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
~ Vicki Lawrence
RuPaul's Drag Race' is my favorite show on television, and I've never missed an episode. With season 4, I watched it as if Sharon Needles wasn't me but was just another character.
~ Sharon Needles
I always bring an orange scarf, not just so I can wear it or tuck it into my pocket, but also so I can throw it over a lamp in the hotel room. Orange is my favourite colour, and it gives a lovely, warm ambience.
~ RuPaul
I have watched every episode of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'... I know a bizarre amount of drag queens now. And it's weird because one of the guys that drives my tour bus in America drove the drag queen show before me, and I used to just sit there and hear all the stories so I could go tell my girlfriend because I knew what a big fan she was.
~ Jim Jefferies
My favorite lesbian romance of all time is the 1999 movie 'But I'm a Cheerleader,' starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall. RuPaul is also in it; so is the brilliant Melanie Lynskey.
~ Camille Perri
My reading with RuPaul was actually, for me, on a personal level, one of my favorites and the most shocking. This is someone I've wanted to read for a long time and so when he was standing there I nearly fainted.
~ Tyler Henry
I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an excellent role model. I'm talking about someone who has worked hard in the business for quite some time. RuPaul put gay men in wigs into people's living rooms. RuPaul is the reason that we're not threatening.
~ Bianca Del Rio
Sometimes when I'm working with RuPaul, I can't even look at her without feeling so emotional about the process I went through, and what was before the competition and what happened in my life after, and what it's done to millions of gay disenfranchised freaky kids.
~ Sharon Needles
I can only appreciate the kind of work that goes into being a top drag queen. Ru Paul looks just astonishing as a woman. And he's got this fantastic turn of phrase. I find him hilarious.
~ David Harewood
I've loved the RuPaul model of drag, where you're an amazing drag queen, you're a smart and savvy business person, and you use those together to keep drag at the forefront of what people are talking about.
~ Sasha Velour
Drag has come a long way and people are respecting it, and giving drag queens and other people who defy gender norms more chances than they've ever been given before, but it's thanks to people like RuPaul, especially, who set that momentum going.
~ Jinkx Monsoon
I care about 'RuPaul's Drag Race' a lot. It's given me a career as an artist.
~ Alaska
We love trans women; all of us know that drag wouldn't be an art form without trans women. I know that, RuPaul knows that, everybody in the gay community knows that. Trans women have always been a part of and the face of drag. And I can guarantee trans women will always be a part of 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'
~ Michelle Visage
Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down for her money.
~ Trixie Mattel
I love puns and plays on words, which is why I love RuPaul so much.
~ Jinkx Monsoon
Part of my struggle with being gay was that a lot of my homophobia was internalized because of the cues that I was - received. I didn't see anybody like myself in the culture. RuPaul was the closest to a gay, out black man that I had growing up.
~ Justin Simien
It just feels good to be recognized, especially by RuPaul.
~ Chad Michaels
I just adore RuPaul... this guy is a tireless worker, just with everything that he does, and I just think he's so fabulous.
~ Lynda Carter
RuPaul's Drag Race' is the holy grail of drag.
~ Shangela