A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
I grew up worshipping Pee-wee Herman.
I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm known for and dilute it.
People going off on politics on Grindr is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. That's an immediate sign to run in the other direction.
When I came out to my parents, I knew that they knew. My father was like, 'Are you sure?' I literally said, 'You took me to see Barbra Streisand at Madison Square Garden.'
The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.
