RuPaul Quotes

We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.

I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me.

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up or how they act at home. A person's public presence reflects his own efforts at image development.

I think anyone doing an interview is to some extent on show. And therefore, we always want to put on our best face.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

Even if you're not being chased by paparazzi, there will be someone doing selfies, so everybody has to be camera-ready all the time. Whoever you are, everybody has to be ready now!

I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.

I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.

I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans.'

I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

My face is my career.

Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way.

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

Shameless self-publicity works, of course: living your life as a soap opera.

When I do appearances and stuff and I just wanna see the new pictures, I Google myself.

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.

If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

The truth is, in this age of Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, we know way too much about athletes - and it's their fault.

If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would be in trouble because - not that I wouldn't be able to step up to it - but I wouldn't love it. I wouldn't want to be that person; that wouldn't be my natural thing.

Anyone who supports your work, I like having the opportunity to thank them for that, and I think also Twitter provides an opportunity for people in the public eye to give a faithful account of who they are.