Quotes About Identity

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

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

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 didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

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.

If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.

I think the actual art of expressing yourself is a very important part of being human. And an important part of being a performer is understanding what it's like to create yourself.

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

You put me in the room with my family and everyone I grew up with, and I'd be the last person that you'd say is the performer.

It's important to be out as a performer.

I am not a circus performer.

I want to change how people perceived me when I came over here, change how the people perceive South-East Asians or Middle Eastern or Muslim or Hindu or whatever their identity is. I want them to just let that go and treat the performer as a performer.

It's hard for a country performer to make a living in a Beatles society.

I don't want to be just a performer.

I want to be a successful trans woman burlesque performer.

I was always a performer even as a child; I loved delving into various characters.

All you have to offer as a performer is yourself.

I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.

I needed to get attention a lot of times - I'm a performer, that's who I am.

My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because at that time I hadn't found myself. I was living as a drag performer only.

You just know that you're a performer and that's that.

As an artist, you want to form your own identity and be your own performer.

To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing.