--- title: "26 Queer Eye Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 26 Queer Eye quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Queer Eye sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/kyan-douglas-24559_brethren_queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-he_1665567.jpg" --- > [Queer Eye is a makeover show, meant to help our straight brethren.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyan-douglas/queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-help-our-straight-brethren/) [Kyan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyan-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/kyan-douglas-24559_brethren_queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-he_1665567.jpg) > [When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jai-rodriguez/when-queer-eye-hit-the-church-told-my-mom-they-were-praying-for-me/) [Jai Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jai-rodriguez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/jai-rodriguez-25625_church_when-queer-eye-hit-the-church-told-my-mo_2605088.jpg) > [Yes, I would definitely let the 'Queer Eye' - I mean, cameras - follow me for my marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/yes-i-would-definitely-let-the-queer-eye-i-mean-cameras-follow-me-for/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/karamo-brown-5694_eye_yes-i-would-definitely-let-the-queer-eye_1416976.jpg) > [Please don't compare the nature and authenticity of 'Queer Eye' to 'The Bachelor.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/please-don-t-compare-the-nature-and-authenticity-of-queer-eye-to-the/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/jonathan-van-ness-6662_authenticity_please-don-t-compare-the-nature-and-auth_1618415.jpg) > [For myself, Queer Eye feeds more to my heart and my soul than as a platform for a career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyan-douglas/for-myself-queer-eye-feeds-more-to-my-heart-and-my-soul-than-as-a/) [Kyan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyan-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/kyan-douglas-24559_career_for-myself-queer-eye-feeds-more-to-my-he_1569863.jpg) > [I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/i-grew-up-in-a-town-of-30-000-people-and-queer-eye-was-a-beacon-of/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/jonathan-van-ness-6662_beacon_i-grew-up-in-a-town-of-30-000-people-and_377894.jpg) > [My favorite job, and definitely the one that means the most to me, is 'Queer Eye.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/my-favorite-job-and-definitely-the-one-that-means-the-most-to-me-is/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/karamo-brown-5694_eye_my-favorite-job-and-definitely-the-one-t_2985413.jpg) > [Coming from a town of 30,000 people on the Mississippi River, having 'Queer Eye' in 2003 through 2007 when I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/coming-from-a-town-of-30-000-people-on-the-mississippi-river-having/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/jonathan-van-ness-6662_eye_coming-from-a-town-of-30-000-people-on-t_161015.jpg) > [On 'Queer Eye,' I really get to see the way someone lives. They know the Fab Five are coming, but they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-berk/on-queer-eye-i-really-get-to-see-the-way-someone-lives-they-know-the/) [Bobby Berk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-berk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/bobby-berk-12297_experience_on-queer-eye-i-really-get-to-see-the-way_842507.jpg) > [Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/even-though-i-m-a-hairdresser-and-i-love-doing-hair-i-feel-like-i-don/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/jonathan-van-ness-6662_eye_even-though-i-m-a-hairdresser-and-i-love_13662.jpg) > [No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/no-queer-eye-has-a-book-coming-out-before-mine-in-the-spring-of-2004/) [Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/ted-allen-12313_area_no-queer-eye-has-a-book-coming-out-befor_1734081.jpg) > [And 'Queer Eye' is fascinating. It has a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming quality. It's very bourgeois, of course, and much more about the liberation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/and-queer-eye-is-fascinating-it-has-a-pinch-me-i-m-dreaming-quality/) [Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/tony-kushner-2204_about_and-queer-eye-is-fascinating-it-has-a-pi_2806754.jpg) > [When I was working at Trio, I was pitched 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' and I knew, whoever gets this, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-cohen/when-i-was-working-at-trio-i-was-pitched-queer-eye-for-the-straight/) [Andy Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/andy-cohen-7220_bravo_when-i-was-working-at-trio-i-was-pitched_1965237.jpg) > [I think the original 'Queer Eye' definitely started us on the journey to normalize the LGBT community and make people realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-berk/i-think-the-original-queer-eye-definitely-started-us-on-the-journey/) [Bobby Berk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-berk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/bobby-berk-12297_acceptance_i-think-the-original-queer-eye-definitel_2435813.jpg) > [I would want to do a cooking show. But I want to honor the opportunity that's been given to me with 'Queer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-porowski/i-would-want-to-do-a-cooking-show-but-i-want-to-honor-the-opportunity/) [Antoni Porowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-porowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/antoni-porowski-6090_alone_i-would-want-to-do-a-cooking-show-but-i_603052.jpg) > [I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/i-think-that-because-i-struggled-and-did-get-very-bullied-that/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/jonathan-van-ness-6662_bullied_i-think-that-because-i-struggled-and-did_62599.jpg) > [A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/a-friend-told-me-about-the-casting-notice-for-queer-eye-i-was-in/) [Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/ted-allen-12313_auditions_a-friend-told-me-about-the-casting-notic_1532755.jpg) > [On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-porowski/on-queer-eye-i-come-in-with-what-i-know-and-i-try-to-parlay-that-into/) [Antoni Porowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-porowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/antoni-porowski-6090_heroes_on-queer-eye-i-come-in-with-what-i-know_833589.jpg) > [Yes, it's called 'Queer Eye' and there are five gay men on it, but we're also tackling real issues. The conversations we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-france/yes-it-s-called-queer-eye-and-there-are-five-gay-men-on-it-but-we-re/) [Tan France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/tan-france-7727_eye_yes-it-s-called-queer-eye-and-there-are_736778.jpg) > [It's not called 'Queer Eye For the Straight Guy' now for a reason. We want to be able to help more and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-france/it-s-not-called-queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy-now-for-a-reason-we/) [Tan France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/tan-france-7727_eye_it-s-not-called-queer-eye-for-the-straig_1846035.jpg) > [As much as I think that in the future we won't need labels, at the moment they're really important. So I'm making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keiynan-lonsdale/as-much-as-i-think-that-in-the-future-we-won-t-need-labels-at-the/) [Keiynan Lonsdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keiynan-lonsdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/keiynan-lonsdale-11921_eye_as-much-as-i-think-that-in-the-future-we_388174.jpg) > [“Dear Lord,” began Randy, who paused for long enough that Tristan sneaked an eye open to look at him. His saw his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-a-maxfield/dear-lord-began-randy-who-paused-for-long-enough-that-tristan-sneaked/) [Z.A. Maxfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-a-maxfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/z-a-maxfield-15819_crossing-borders_dear-lord-began-randy-who-paused-for-lon_1019622.jpg) > [It's nice to have a safe place to have a conversation going; whether it's a friend or family member, you can use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/it-s-nice-to-have-a-safe-place-to-have-a-conversation-going-whether/) [Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/jonathan-van-ness-6662_communication_it-s-nice-to-have-a-safe-place-to-have-a_1368473.jpg) > [I was on MTV's 'Real World' at the time when 'Queer Eye' came out. I remember, the first time I won an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/i-was-on-mtv-s-real-world-at-the-time-when-queer-eye-came-out-i/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/karamo-brown-5694_award_i-was-on-mtv-s-real-world-at-the-time-wh_61610.jpg) > [That's the beauty of 'Queer Eye' coming back. No matter how far you think we've come as a society, there's still work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/that-s-the-beauty-of-queer-eye-coming-back-no-matter-how-far-you/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/karamo-brown-5694_beauty_that-s-the-beauty-of-queer-eye-coming-ba_687495.jpg) > [Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy-is-a-form-of-service-journalism-to-be/) [Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/ted-allen-12313_being-successful_queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy-is-a-form_1169619.jpg) ## Top authors on Queer Eye - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jonathan-van-ness-6662.jpg) Jonathan Van Ness 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-eye/jonathan-van-ness/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-eye/#itemlist", "name": "Queer Eye Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Queer Eye is a makeover show, meant to help our straight brethren.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kyan Douglas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyan-douglas/queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-help-our-straight-brethren/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/kyan-douglas-24559_brethren_queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-he_1665567.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/kyan-douglas-24559_brethren_queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-he_1665567.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/kyan-douglas-24559_brethren_queer-eye-is-a-makeover-show-meant-to-he_1665567.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Queer Eye is a makeover show, meant to help our straight brethren.” — Kyan Douglas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. 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