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" I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply. "
Jonathan Van Ness
I Am
Go
Daily
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" Self-care is the non-negotiable. That's the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care. "
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" When you've been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be. "
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Long
" I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in. "
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Never
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" I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I'm forced to. I've been through a lot of things in my life that, if I didn't make light of it, I would literally keel over. "
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Life
Laugh
Over
" I think I've been in a lot of really uncomfortable situations, and I think when you're in uncomfortable situations, it kind of polishes you up a little. It shines you up. "
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You
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" Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive. "
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" Be able to see people's humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you're reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized. "
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Think
Value
" I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. "
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Waiting
New York
Moment
" Please don't compare the nature and authenticity of 'Queer Eye' to 'The Bachelor.' "
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Bachelor
Authenticity
Nature
" Whenever anyone says I've taught them things by me being myself, I'm always like, 'Really? I just thought that was like, Wednesday for me. I was just wearing a kilt and a sleeveless top in a Rotary Club, it wasn't that big of a deal.' "
Jonathan Van Ness
Being Myself
Top
Thought
" Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11. "
Jonathan Van Ness
You
Sometimes
Night
" Going to school was an absolute terror for me for, like, a decade. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Going
Like
Me
" I went from being pretty fit to 230 lbs., which isn't, like, the biggest for being 6-feet-tall, but I had been 165 lbs. just three months prior. That taught me a lot about how people treat you differently when you're fit and when you're bigger. "
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Me
Three
Pretty
" I was the first male cheerleader of my high school; it's very hard to embarrass me - you have to do a lot. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Me
High School
Hard
" Aly Raisman doesn't have a podcast - but she should! "
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Should
She
" I love changing hair color. I love doing hair shape. I love the social aspect of salons. I love clients, and because of doing hair, I've heard so many life stories. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Life
Clients
Color
" Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of 'Queer Eye,' I feel like I don't fit in that box. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Eye
Doing
Hair
" People who fundamentally disagree with you politically or socially are not bad people. I can't expect that other side to have compassion for me if I can't put myself in their shoes, too. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Myself
Compassion
Me
" Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don't always wanna be alone, but I definitely like pockets of solitude to recharge and come back to myself. I think that's so important for everyone. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Myself
Being Alone
Alone
" Confidence is sexy. "
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Sexy
Confidence
" In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries. "
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Service
Own
Boundaries
" It's nice to have a safe place to have a conversation going; whether it's a friend or family member, you can use 'Queer Eye' as an entry point to have a conversation that's meaningful. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Family
Eye
Conversation
" Think about how your jeans would look if you washed and dried them every single day. That's like our hair, and you can't change your hair as often as your pants, so cutting down on washing cuts down on long-term damage. "
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Change
Day
Hair
" To me, self-care isn't really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life. "
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Me
Life
Inspire
" You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself. "
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You
Joy
Care
" You gotta floss! "
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Gotta
You
" One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women. "
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Clients
Incredible
Friends
" I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense. "
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Sense
Because
People
" I always wanted to play with people's hair. I was really into 'The Golden Girls' and how big their hair was. I always had Barbies and Ken dolls, whose hair I wanted to play with and was always styling. I was very lucky - I never had to wonder what I was passionate about. I've always known that I'm really, really passionate about grooming. "
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" I love 'Downton Abbey.' "
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I Love
Abbey
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