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RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), best known mononymously as RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Previously, he was a fixture on the Atlanta and New York City club scenes.
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With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.
If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?
All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.
Drag is really about mocking identity. Drag is really about reminding people that you are more than you think you are – you are more than what it says on your passport.
Owen Myers in The subversive genius of RuPaul (2015)
People ask, "Why do you dress like a woman?" I don't dress like a woman. I dress like a drag queen.
If you can't love yourself how in the hell you gonna love somebody else? Say amen!
I will not be ignored. I am here to stay.
I have been discriminated against by white people for being black, by black people for being gay, by gay people for being too fem. Did I let them stop me from getting to this chair?
RuPaul's Drag Race - S10E13 (2018)
I don’t have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody to tune in
She's like a female phenomenon, she's a glamazon. A female phenomenon. A glama-z-a-a-on
If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don’t include them. They believe that if you take a piece of pie, then that leaves less pie for them. Seeing you follow your dreams leaves them realizing that they’re not following theirs. In truth, there is unlimited pie for everyone!
What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do. I don’t choose projects so people don’t see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me.
Interview with David Shankbone (2007)
There is a definite prejudice towards men who use femininity as part of their palate; their emotional palate, their physical palate. Is that changing? It’s changing in ways that don’t advance the cause of femininity. I’m not talking frilly-laced pink things or Hello Kitty stuff. I’m talking about goddess energy, intuition and feelings. That is still under attack, and it has gotten worse.
You're born naked. The rest is drag.
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