I'm a worker bee, I like to have a schedule, I like to have a place to be, and a time, and a schedule - it just makes sense to me.
— Bianca Del Rio
I laugh at myself on a daily basis.
Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.
I'm not a person who lives for sympathy.
If I'm going in to a competition, I'm going in to do the best I can do.
I think every city and every drag queen has a different aesthetic or set up, but in the end, it's mutual respect for one another.
The thing with the comedian is you can make all the jokes you want and not every joke it going to be a winner, and not every joke is going to land, there'll be some that somebody doesn't laugh at, but that's just part of the deal.
I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an excellent role model. I'm talking about someone who has worked hard in the business for quite some time. RuPaul put gay men in wigs into people's living rooms. RuPaul is the reason that we're not threatening.
People have gone down this spiral of cancel culture and the idea that everything is offensive.
Everything is not a political statement. Everything is not about being an advocate. Sometimes it's just pure entertainment.
People feel they can just pass judgement with a tweet or with a comment and then you're supposed to change your life for them. I can't worry about what some phantom individual online has to say about me.
I didn't plan to be a comedian. I didn't plan to be a drag queen. It just kind of evolved.
Everything is offensive, so I'm enjoying the fact that I'm anti-kind. You've got to go out and just speak your mind. It needs to be heard.
There are friends of mine that I've known for years who didn't like my brand of humor, but once I was on 'Drag Race,' they loved it.
As a drag queen, you can pick your hair and I've made some horrible choices.
What's funny is funny. It doesn't matter what expense it's at. There are people who don't like that and I understand.
Well, I've realized I can function with no sleep!
I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing drag is completely different.
Shockingly, I'm pretty normal.
Work was always a part of my life.
No matter what I do, you're going to be upset by something.
People love sympathy, people love the underdog. For me, sympathy is not part of my drag aesthetic.
There's drag queens who lip sync brilliantly. There's drag queens who sing live brilliantly - none of those are me.
With 'Drag Race' in particular, I'd seen seasons four and five, before mine. So I wasn't a huge, knew every word, knew every queen type of fan. There are some contestants who have done this show who know everything about it.
Anything goes when I perform. That's the way it's been since I started. I do whatever I want, and I know my humor isn't for everybody.
Most people think they don't have anything to relate to a drag queen, but shockingly there's a lot we can talk about.
If someone decides to be in the front row anytime I'm doing a show, they know what they're getting into.
Drag queens are not pathetic creatures. Drag queens are fabulous and fun.
I'm not going to do an album. There's enough horrible drag queens singing - especially when they do that spoken word over music, 'I'm fierce! I'm fierce!'
I've had some great gigs and had horrible ones. I always look at the horrible ones, and think there's got to be something in this that I can use later in my show. It all pays off in the end.
TV's a pretty powerful thing.
We live in a country that elected Trump. Clearly you have a sense of humor.
Dr. Phil is a fat, loud blowhard with a Texas twang and male-pattern baldness.
Rolodex of Hate' is basically how I ended up being so hateful. It's a look inside.
I think it's great that 'Drag Race' is mainstream.
I don't dream. I'm not a person who makes a list of things that need to happen in my life. It just evolves, and you roll with the punches.
We live in a world where everybody's an expert. Everybody's doing a YouTube video. Everyone's doing a tutorial of what needs to happen.
I am a grown man who is an entertainer with a specific type of humour and if you don't like it, that's okay, I owe you nothing.
Put it this way: I can wear three wigs at one time and three pairs of eyelashes. That's some strength there. And I roll my eyes extensively, so they get a good workout on a daily basis.
There's always something that you go 'I should've done this better, I would've done that.'
I have problems like everybody else. I have problems with razor burn, and I try not to eat food that will make me gassy before meet-and-greets with fans.
Everyone wants to perform at Wembley Arena. It's a mecca.
Have you walked around in heels? That's a workout. But like all good gay men, I have a gym membership.
I can laugh at anything, there's humour in all of it and I think the minute you find it, the better life is.
Anytime you give a man in a wig a microphone, anything can happen.
I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want, which has worked out well for me.
For me, call me what you want, as long as I'm working.
Everything that I was ridiculed for as a child - being too feminine or wearing a dress - has made my life fabulous now.
I don't like the Kardashians, but I still live a full life.
I always say New Orleans is my heart. It's where I'm from. I go back, and I have a huge fondness for it.
