I had mentors, growing up in gay life - older gay men who told me about our history and the history of art and culture - but somehow, the younger generation missed out on that synergy.

I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.

Hollywood is an idea. It's not a real place.

Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good.

The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.

Why not travel, why not see the rest of the world, why not experience life? It's beautiful! Phenomenal!

We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific.

I actually had an experience where I thought somebody was breaking into my house. That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. I don't know if that's saying much. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible.