Billy Porter Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me the artist I am today.”

“I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type of actor who goes to work, transforms into a character, takes you on a journey, and then comes back home to be Billy. When I'm in it, I'm in it, but I know how to get out of it. When you can't shut it off, you're a crazy person. I'm not crazy.”

“When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to be a minister. So I was going down that path, and then I saw the Tonys.”

“There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.”

“I do 'sissy with a heart of gold' really well.”

“I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.”

“I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.”

“I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'”

“I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.”

“I wouldn't be caught dead in red.”