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> [I want to keep changing the world. It's possible. The black gay lead is ready. It's time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-want-to-keep-changing-the-world-it-s-possible-the-black-gay-lead-is/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

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## More by Billy Porter

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-m-not-a-person-who-believes-that-broadway-is-the-only-place-i-think/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-had-something-nobody-else-could-do-i-sang-in-a-way-that-separated/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-always-said-if-i-played-a-drag-queen-i-d-want-to-create-a-template/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/my-truth-is-i-am-gay-and-out-and-if-i-can-t-do-that-in-my-music-then/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-was-fine-being-in-the-closet-at-the-beginning-of-my-career-because/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-m-in-love-with-what-a-high-heel-does-to-a-leg-how-it-makes-a-woman/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-love-the-community-of-theater-there-is-something-about-the/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/for-years-i-tried-to-put-myself-in-a-box-and-it-frustrated-me-so-i/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/just-by-the-nature-of-making-the-choice-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-i-m/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [People don't see me in traditional roles; I'm not getting cast in the revival of 'Company' as Bobby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/people-don-t-see-me-in-traditional-roles-i-m-not-getting-cast-in-the/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/you-can-t-ever-put-yourself-in-a-position-where-someone-is-requiring/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/i-want-to-do-work-that-means-something-to-me-so-that-when-i-go-to/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [When you're at the beginning of your career, there are a lot of, "I don't care about this," jobs that you take because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/when-you-re-at-the-beginning-of-your-career-there-are-a-lot-of-i-don/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/for-me-life-is-about-being-positive-and-hopeful-choosing-to-be-joyful/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

> [Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-porter/broadway-broad-way-i-don-t-aspire-to-the-middle-i-aspire-to-the-tip/)

[Billy Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-porter/)

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