Behind Quote by Kristian Nairn

Drag has always made me feel less scared.

— Ben Hopkins

In my early career I was sort of anti-drag. I said, 'Drag is dumb and boring, and I want to be an effing weirdo…

— Alaska

Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move…

— Trace Lysette

I started doing drag as a form of rebellion and expression and then I got attention and it snowballed.

— Violet Chachki

I was a fairly shy person - not the hand raising type.

— John Green

I'm an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that's why my drag is a little different.

— Trixie Mattel

When I started in 'Drag Race,' I didn't know anything about drag - my makeup was a mess, my hair was a mess, but…

— Shangela

I thought doing drag in the beginning was fun: playing dress up.

— Alyssa Edwards

I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat…

— RuPaul

So my reason for doing drag, at first it was because I wanted to express this thing I had kind of stored deep down…

— Manila Luzon

When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.

— James Charles

I was always a shy kid.

— Emma Willis