Ever since I was a kid I just thought that women had the better outfits, women had the better hair, women got to wear makeup. I just got jealous of what women got to do onstage. You dress up a man and ultimately it’s just a different variation on the same kind of suit. There’s a whole wide world of what women wear onstage. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
I play a lot of video games, cook meals for my best friends and chosen family in Seattle, and find time to visit my family in Portland, Oregon. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
Drag has come a long way and people are respecting it, and giving drag queens and other people who defy gender norms more chances than they’ve ever been given before, but it’s thanks to people like RuPaul, especially, who set that momentum going. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
I don’t think I knew Ru was a drag queen when I would see her in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie.’ Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
Who knows where I would be if I hadn’t gone on Drag Race and gotten that kick in the rear to step it up to the next level? Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
In any kind of performance field, there are always going to be 101 people doing the exact same thing as you. You always constantly have to be thinking of, ‘What’s going to shock my audience the most?’ Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
As drag queens, you constantly have to be coming up with, ‘What’s the thing no one’s ever seen before?’ Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
I’m extremely into Greek Mythology and know almost everything about the classic Greek myths. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
I’ve always preferred drag roles, because typically I get better costumes and I’ve always felt more connected with the female characters in my favorite shows than most of the male characters. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
My first drag role was the character Widow Simone in the ballet ‘La Fille Mal Gardee.’ She’s a crazy social climbing woman trying to marry off her daughter to the wealthy town idiot. And in the middle of the show, she gets to perform a clog dance. I loved it. Jinkx Monsoon Read Quote
