Quotes About Self-expression

Rocky Horror Picture Show' was my gateway drag/drug. I was somewhere between 13 and 16 when I started going to that.

I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel.

First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't.

People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not.

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.

Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.

I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.

I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.

I really take pride in doing my own make-up all the time, which takes me about 40 minutes, and my hair takes another 15 to 20 minutes. Putting on my gear is probably another 15 minutes, so all in all, I don't think an hour and a half is too bad!

I really get enjoyment and fulfilment out of making my own gear and being creative.

I'm quite comfortable with being a geek. I've been a geek since high school.

I am a geek, and proud of it.

I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.

Geek? Sure, call me that. I take that as a compliment.

I was president of the show choir, I was kind of a geek, whatever.

For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.

My sexuality's very fluid, and my gender is very fluid.

What we really need to look at is gender fluidity and the idea that gender can be customised however you want.

There are challenging days - but I'd tell people they should really do what they are interested in and not think about their gender.

My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.

I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.