Quotes About Diversity

If one drag queen penetrates the mainstream and opens up a new avenue for us to take with our careers, that means all of us can potentially do that.

I don't think being Latin queen is a disadvantage.

I never said, I am just a beauty queen or just an actress.

If I was a man, I would be a drag queen. Honestly, I would. I absolutely love it.

For all those people who always thought I was nothing more than a drag queen, wait until they see what I agreed to look like in 'Hairspray.'

I've been a drag queen in public for a while now.

While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with nonapproved, non-Chinese peers outside school. That was fine with me.

I always say that the most resourceful people in the world are drag queens.

I grew up in Flatbush, Queens, Laurelton. These are places where it's mostly black and there was a lot of diversity.

Since Queens is the most ethnically diverse plot of land on Earth, we had tenants from all over the globe. The whole world in one building.

I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.

I love the process of dressing up, and people that dress up, and serving looks and drag queens and club freaks and all of that.

If you put drag in front of anything, it inherently makes it more fun. So mashing up films with cult followings with drag queens is a natural fit for a good time.

I'm the mess of drag queens.

I moved to Queens, New York, when I was seven and a half. I went to middle school in a foreign country, but I had so many different kinds of Americans push me along and encourage me. I was very odd. I didn't talk very well. We were poor, and we didn't have any connections, but people showed up and pushed me along.

Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.

I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.

It was such a culture shock for me, being plucked from this diverse neighborhood in London into Jamaica Queens. I'm in this new environment, and I had an English accent.

Any time you get to see a bunch of drag queens performing music and performing songs and being idiots, I'm in.

I would say I have more in common with drag queens than I do with most people.

I didn't invent the bearded lady. It's been around for ages, and there are so many bearded drag queens out there - but they're not in the mainstream as I am.

'2 Dope Queens,' it was just a way for us to showcase female comedians, showcase comedians of color, showcase LGBT comedians, and shake up the landscape and be like, 'Hey, there is more than just what is out there.'

Some of my favorite drag queens are women.

There have always been drag queens everywhere.