I was obsessed with award shows and made charts and graphs and stuff when I was 7 years old. I found the entertainment business hilarious, ridiculous, and alluring - and my parents supported it, for better or worse.
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.