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" I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Money
Love
Puts
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" Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.' "
Jonathan Van Ness
Going
You
Never
" For keeping hair long and healthy, I like to use silk pillowcases; they conduct less heat and keep your ends less frayed. Also, I sleep with my hair in a very loose top bun to keep my ends away from my body heat. This also keeps your hair from getting tangled at the nape of your neck. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Sleep
Long
Heat
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Change
Day
Hair
" Aly Raisman doesn't have a podcast - but she should! "
Jonathan Van Ness
Should
She
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Me
Three
Pretty
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Me
Life
Inspire
" When I'm having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to 'The Blessed Unrest' by Sara Bareilles. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Having
Go
Moment
" You want to be more hairy, that's beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that's great. "
Jonathan Van Ness
More
Hairy
You
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Up
You
Uncomfortable
" I love 'Downton Abbey.' "
Jonathan Van Ness
I Love
Abbey
Downton Abbey
" 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
" 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
" I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Working
People
Honor
" I was a chubby kid who got made fun of a lot, and I got fit in high school, and I stayed fit in my 20s, until my dad died. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Kid
Chubby
Fun
" 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
" If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram. "
Jonathan Van Ness
More
Side
News
" In yoga, we say that everyone has a magnet on them, and you're either positively or negatively charged. So if you're liking how you're looking, you're gonna be more positively charged. "
Jonathan Van Ness
How
Looking
You
" In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Service
Own
Boundaries
" 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
" I want to show straight men and gay men alike that self-care and grooming isn't mutually exclusive with, like, femininity or masculinity. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Gay
Masculinity
Want
" 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
" I've worn a 100% polyester cheerleading outfit in stadiums full of people - it is pretty hard to embarrass me. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Outfit
Pretty
People
" I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Love
I Can
Time
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Life
Laugh
Over
" I'm really big on the gym and yoga. I'm at the gym at least six days. That is just getting there and creating those endorphins and sweating. And that routine also keeps me grounded in spite of whatever my life looks like. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Gym
Life
Looks
" I'm the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Three
Older
Guys
" If my energy was fake, then I would feel pressured, because I gotta, like, keep this up. I thank God it's just how I am. But I find myself wanting to work on being more comfortable in the silence with people. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Work
God
I Am
" We're all just trying to do the best we can with what we know! "
Jonathan Van Ness
Best
Trying
Know
" Getting married is a good time to revaluate all of your relationships. Have you had the same haircut since seventh grade? Have you found products that work for your skin? You need time to experiment. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Time
Good
Work
" I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that's icing on the cake. "
Jonathan Van Ness
People
Cake
Fall