Bianca Del Rio

For me, call me what you want, as long as I'm working.

Have you walked around in heels? That's a workout. But like all good gay men, I have a gym membership.

Everything is not a political statement. Everything is not about being an advocate. Sometimes it's just pure entertainment.

If someone decides to be in the front row anytime I'm doing a show, they know what they're getting into.

I can laugh at anything, there's humour in all of it and I think the minute you find it, the better life is.

People feel they can just pass judgement with a tweet or with a comment and then you're supposed to change your life for them. I can't worry about what some phantom individual online has to say about me.

Drag queens are not pathetic creatures. Drag queens are fabulous and fun.

Anytime you give a man in a wig a microphone, anything can happen.

I didn't plan to be a comedian. I didn't plan to be a drag queen. It just kind of evolved.

I'm not going to do an album. There's enough horrible drag queens singing - especially when they do that spoken word over music, 'I'm fierce! I'm fierce!'

I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want, which has worked out well for me.

Everything is offensive, so I'm enjoying the fact that I'm anti-kind. You've got to go out and just speak your mind. It needs to be heard.

I've had some great gigs and had horrible ones. I always look at the horrible ones, and think there's got to be something in this that I can use later in my show. It all pays off in the end.

Most people think they don't have anything to relate to a drag queen, but shockingly there's a lot we can talk about.

There are friends of mine that I've known for years who didn't like my brand of humor, but once I was on 'Drag Race,' they loved it.

TV's a pretty powerful thing.

Everything that I was ridiculed for as a child - being too feminine or wearing a dress - has made my life fabulous now.

As a drag queen, you can pick your hair and I've made some horrible choices.

We live in a country that elected Trump. Clearly you have a sense of humor.

I don't like the Kardashians, but I still live a full life.

What's funny is funny. It doesn't matter what expense it's at. There are people who don't like that and I understand.

Dr. Phil is a fat, loud blowhard with a Texas twang and male-pattern baldness.

I always say New Orleans is my heart. It's where I'm from. I go back, and I have a huge fondness for it.

Well, I've realized I can function with no sleep!

Rolodex of Hate' is basically how I ended up being so hateful. It's a look inside.

If I'm going in to a competition, I'm going in to do the best I can do.

I'm a worker bee, I like to have a schedule, I like to have a place to be, and a time, and a schedule - it just makes sense to me.

I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing drag is completely different.

I think it's great that 'Drag Race' is mainstream.

I laugh at myself on a daily basis.

Shockingly, I'm pretty normal.

I don't dream. I'm not a person who makes a list of things that need to happen in my life. It just evolves, and you roll with the punches.

Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.

Work was always a part of my life.

We live in a world where everybody's an expert. Everybody's doing a YouTube video. Everyone's doing a tutorial of what needs to happen.

I'm not a person who lives for sympathy.

No matter what I do, you're going to be upset by something.

I am a grown man who is an entertainer with a specific type of humour and if you don't like it, that's okay, I owe you nothing.

I live in L.A. so I don't get to see much theatre anymore. They have a lot of touring shows but it's not like New York - I lived in New York for 15 years and you can walk out on the street and there's something to see.

People love sympathy, people love the underdog. For me, sympathy is not part of my drag aesthetic.

Put it this way: I can wear three wigs at one time and three pairs of eyelashes. That's some strength there. And I roll my eyes extensively, so they get a good workout on a daily basis.

I think every city and every drag queen has a different aesthetic or set up, but in the end, it's mutual respect for one another.

There's drag queens who lip sync brilliantly. There's drag queens who sing live brilliantly - none of those are me.

There's always something that you go 'I should've done this better, I would've done that.'

The thing with the comedian is you can make all the jokes you want and not every joke it going to be a winner, and not every joke is going to land, there'll be some that somebody doesn't laugh at, but that's just part of the deal.

With 'Drag Race' in particular, I'd seen seasons four and five, before mine. So I wasn't a huge, knew every word, knew every queen type of fan. There are some contestants who have done this show who know everything about it.

I have problems like everybody else. I have problems with razor burn, and I try not to eat food that will make me gassy before meet-and-greets with fans.

I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an excellent role model. I'm talking about someone who has worked hard in the business for quite some time. RuPaul put gay men in wigs into people's living rooms. RuPaul is the reason that we're not threatening.

Anything goes when I perform. That's the way it's been since I started. I do whatever I want, and I know my humor isn't for everybody.

Everyone wants to perform at Wembley Arena. It's a mecca.