“Gilda is someone who is concerned with like, pushing people’s buttons, but always like toeing the line. I’m not trying to, like, offend you. I’m trying to get you to pause and think and then laugh.”

“I love to be the girl you call because you know no one else can do the role as opposed to the girl you call to audition with 500 other people who can do what she does...if you want someone to come on stage and sing a high b-flat the first time they open their mouth, I got you.
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“Drag has that...we’re sort of taking this kernel of truth and expanding it to this huge scale to really bring it to the audience in a way that is exciting and entertaining.”

“Queer is sexuality and gender identity, yes, and the word queer to me encapsulates an idea that the personal is political. When I tell someone I’m queer, I hope to communicate how I interface with the world, not just who I sleep with or which bathroom I’d like to use.”

“I think the idea that the woman in the hijab and I existing together on a train being something wrong with America is totally at odds with what the goal of what America is. ”

“I won’t speak for all liberals, but my goal is for everyone — white, brown, drag queen, soccer mom, cisgender, trans, heterosexual, queer, working class, middle class — to be able to exist as they choose without judgement or fear.”

“If we can come to have empathy for each other, we can come to a place where we can find common ground and move forward. That’s the goal.”

“The freedom to simply be yourself in a sea of people who aren’t like you is a freedom we all deserve.”