'Drag Race' doesn't claim to represent drag as a whole. 'Drag Race' is a reality show. If you see real drag shows, we just do drag and respect each other's art and who your real identity is - name, gender, hair color, anything.
I've done drag many, many years, but TV is a huge, powerful thing.
The art of what they call female impersonation, or the drag shows, really helped me to hone what type of woman I was.
People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.
Rocky Horror Picture Show' was my gateway drag/drug. I was somewhere between 13 and 16 when I started going to that.
Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world. As a straight man I love going to gay bars. People at gay bars just love to dance.
Drag isn't always about expensive rhinestone gowns; it's about what's entertaining.
I think that drag makes anything better.
Drag has been featured in popular culture for decades. Movies like 'Kinky Boots,' 'Tootsie,' 'The Birdcage' - even 'Mrs. Doubtfire' - have showcased men, some gay, some not, who dress and perform as women.
The audience of 'Drag Race' and the fans of drag queens are often very surprising.
A regular old drag queen is usually your science teacher who's actually wearing women's panties underneath his slacks. A drag-queen superstar is someone who actually works in clubs and makes a living doing it more than one night a year, or even one night in six months.
I don't socialize in drag anymore. If I'm in drag, I'm usually onstage or in the dressing room or in a car service.
I think it's great that 'Drag Race' is mainstream.
People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!'
I love drag queens and I love going to see them perform because those people have got so much character and bravery. Such balls! I love people with balls.
Drag wasn't really on Broadway. It was considered low-class.
Neil and I have always been big fans of drag, emerging theater, and anything that is really 'out there' in terms of performance.
Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world.
I hit the road with a bunch of drag queens every year, sometimes two times a year. Again, as such a fan of drag, it's the art form that excites me and the longform presentation that they do. So it's super exciting to be with them, doing what they love to do and doing it well.
