Theater programs in colleges seemed designed to make gay people act straight. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Well I think straight executives don't think that straight people would accept me. But I think that straight people would. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I just always idolized maternal figures - how they carry themselves, how they take care of people. I've always loved the diva… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
It's crushing to realize you actually don't have control over what people think of you, and even as much as you think… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Don't look to people in show business as role models... There's something inherently wrong with people who want this kind of attention. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
It's not like someone would see 'Oh, Mary!' and be like, 'That's the perfect person for a Marvel movie.' I think people… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
When people are watching standup and I come out and I'm a prairie woman doing a monologue about the Oregon Trail, it… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I had tried doing cabaret shows, but I don't really enjoy singing that much, and I don't think people really enjoy watching… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There's a difference between representation and perspective. People don't want a show from a queer person or a person of color unless… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There are people who have millions of subscribers on YouTube and can sell out huge theaters, but my mom has never heard… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that I'm not in and just be in a rehearsal room as a writer. But I love theater. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in Oregon. I have a younger brother and an older sister. We were very poor. VERY POOR. We lived in a… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in a trailer until I was 5 or 6, and then my dad chased us out with a gun. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I do have that secret desire to be a cabaret star and just sing Cole Porter medleys. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I just wanted to make the stupidest, funniest thing possible. My version of Mary Todd Lincoln is basically just me. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
The first Broadway show that I ever saw was 'Kiss Me, Kate.' I was in New York, on a school trip. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There's something so embarrassing about doing characters and talking about it. It's humiliating. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I went to school at Marymount Manhattan College for a year, and then I dropped out. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I don't understand relationships. I feel like I'm pretending when I'm in one. Like, 'Oh yeah, I love eating with my left hand. This… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
