When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
If you gauge how you're doing on whether somebody is responding vocally or not, you're up a creek. You can't do that;… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I'm not a person who believes that Broadway is the only place. I think there's lots of work that goes on outside of Broadway… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed,… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
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… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
My truth is I am gay and out, and if I can't do that in my music, then I don't need it. Fortunately, I… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I'm in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It's empowering. — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show.… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do:… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
People don't see me in traditional roles; I'm not getting cast in the revival of 'Company' as Bobby. — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing,… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week,… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
