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" I do 'sissy with a heart of gold' really well. "
Billy Porter
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Sissy
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" I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card. "
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" When I had a record deal in the '90s, that was my dream - to make an album like Barbra Streisand's Broadway album - and they laughed me out of the room. Broadway wasn't cool. But artists like Michael Buble and Josh Groban have brought the classic genre back to the forefront, so I'm trying to find my way inside that market. "
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" We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first. "
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" I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type of actor who goes to work, transforms into a character, takes you on a journey, and then comes back home to be Billy. When I'm in it, I'm in it, but I know how to get out of it. When you can't shut it off, you're a crazy person. I'm not crazy. "
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" When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really high. I can't really do that anymore, at my age. My voice has shifted. It's changed. "
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High
Now
" I took 'Grease' to play my trump card, my voice, and get attention that would lead to auditions for serious work like 'Angels in America.' But I backed myself into a corner with 'Grease,' and it took me 17 years to get out. "
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" I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life. "
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Service
Work
Life
" I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me the artist I am today. "
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I Am
Time
Me
" Seeing Jennifer Holliday from 'Dreamgirls' perform on the Tony Awards telecast and later discovering Barbra Streisand by listening to her albums at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh really changed everything for me. "
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Awards
Library
Listening
" Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business. "
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Making Money
You
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" I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch. "
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Gay
Down
Young
" 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. "
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Woman
Feel
High
" When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to be a minister. So I was going down that path, and then I saw the Tonys. "
Billy Porter
Path
Grow
Church
" I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad things and bad behavior to exist on the planet. Artists have a way of touching people and changing minds in a way that sometimes other mediums don't. "
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Fear
People
Race
" 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 Burning.' "
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Said
Talk
Want
" I wouldn't be caught dead in red. "
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Red
Dead
Caught
" All you need to do is turn on the news, and in five minutes, you're depressed with the state of the world. Choosing joy is a completely active choice. It doesn't just happen. You can't just say, 'I want to be happy.' You have to take action. "
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World
Happy
Be Happy
" For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering. "
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Positive
Choosing
Me
" There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing. "
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Phone
Me
True
" I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I realized that it didn't serve anybody, and I was left feeling utterly empty. This is who I am, so I've gotta be me. "
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Me
Feeling
Empty
" I had to come out to my mother three times over a twelve-year period, but I first came out to her when I was sixteen. It didn't go over so well, because I grew up in the Pentecostal Church. It was a very strict environment. She has since done a lot of work and has really blown my mind. She has learned about my life and has changed her mind. "
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My Life
She
Work
" I've always been passionate about fashion. "
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" I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show. It's unlike any other business. It's just lovely. You feel like you're in a family. "
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Family
Business
" I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past. "
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Trying
Media
Past