Closets Quote by Shaun Fleming

I've been dying to do something with Ms. Patti LaBelle because she is so iconic. I grew up listening to her with my mom…

— Big Freedia

I learned so much from Jane Lynch. She was the funniest and most talented person. She taught me so much about being a performer.

— Chord Overstreet

Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.

— Anne-Marie

Melissa Caplan made my costumes from the 70s to the mid-80s. I was very influenced by futurism and reading a lot of Marge Piercy.

— Toyah Willcox

Alice Ripley was someone who had had a huge effect on me when I had gotten out of college and decided that this was…

— Tom Kitt

Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I…

— Christine Lakin

I have just been working with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also a mum, on a movie called 'Hysteria.' She is everywhere because of the…

— Ashley Jensen

My all-time hero is Tina Turner. Her energy, her attitude, her shows. She's just a great performer.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Molly Shannon, for example, is someone I've always really looked up to, because her comedy is so physical and wild and unembarrassed and brave.

— Casey Wilson

My Aunt Eloise Uggams was my first inspiration. She performed on Broadway, and when I was 10 years old, I saw her in 'Porgy…

— Leslie Uggams

'Calamity Jane' inspired me to be a performer. I still want to be her.

— Gayle Rankin

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner