THEGAYUK WINTER 13 /14 Issue 1
INTERVIEW
understand when it’s time to give certain things
up, but you also need tools to know how to deal
with being present, because sometimes being
present is really f**ked up. Sometimes you get
really bored, sometimes you have a lot of pain, a
lot of loneliness, but you need the tools to deal
with that otherwise you're gonna be in a lot of
pain.
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What do you think it takes to have
longevity in this business?
I think a sense of humour. I think it takes an
open perspective because for me I have to see
outside of what I think I am, because there’s
more to me than even I can see.
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Throughout the years I challenge myself to do
different things which is a multi diversity of
writing books, scripts, designing clothes,
designing shows and contests, so there’s lots of
different things you can do. You can’t just lock
into ‘oh I’m and actor, oh I’m just a singer’ you
have to go across the board and this is not just
show business this is with everybody on this
planet.
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We all live much longer than we did 100 years
ago so in one lifetime you can have several
different careers like Jane Fonda or Quincy
Jones who have just done so many things with
one lifetime.
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What’s your favourite way to be
entertained?
I love to laugh. I love to dance. I love beauty and
art and colour and I love being present and clear
enough to see the beauty in some of the smallest
things which otherwise would not be given a
second thought.
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‘The truth is as a
drag queen you
get any man in
a dark room
with a couple of
beers and they
will stick their
thing in any
hole…’
What’s going to be big in fashion this
winter?
Fashion has been around for a long time. I’ve
always followed fashion and the truth is there’s
nothing good out. It’s really all the same. You
have two legs, two arms and a torso.
There’s a new way people can interpret
something that’s old, but there’s nothing new. I
love fashion, I just can’t stand the pretentious
people. same with art. I love art, can’t stand the
pretentiousness around it.
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What do you think of Britney’s version of
‘Work Bitch’?
I wish there was more to it. I wish there was more
melody. I loved that bridge but the rest of it is
what we called in the 90s a ‘bitch track’, where
you talk over a track and there’s no melody to it.
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