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RuPaul Charles

lines on the record: 71
first: 2018-01-17
most recent: 2018-01-17
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“That's exactly right. And that's where all roads lead To that place And so when I made that declaration, I was still in a place where I didn't know yet.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, that was the goal of a very young person who needed that and who didn't know exactly what it was that I really needed.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It is definitely. But you know, I had passed RuPaul I Love You bit after many years of therapy and many years in this business.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, first of all, I've always in this business, I've always worked outside. I've been a French artist. I've always been outside the system. So when the system comes and says, hey, we're digging what you're doing. That was great because of all the people I work with. For me as a solo contract player, what the system thought of me was not really that important to me because it couldn't be because having worked outside the system for so long, if that was part of what I needed, I wouldn't have survived because they were not given it to. They weren't giving it to me. So that wasn't part of what I was planning on. But because I work with a lot of people who work very hard within the system, it meant a lot.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Absolutely. That's exactly right. And why not make it work for you? Why not make, if you have the power to control how people see you and interpret you? Why not use it?”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Which was combat boots and smeared lipstick and it was a social comment. This is the Reagan 80s and we're just making a social comment. But I knew that I had power in it because of the reaction I got from people. The same way I can adjust how people interpret me in a suit, I can adjust how people interpret me in drag because I'm suit stragged too. That's when I understood, hmm, I could do something with this.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You know, I am an opportunist and a show-off. And I knew that show business would be my path. I didn't know how it would be, how it would work, but I didn't define myself, so I keep an open mind. Then I was in punk rock bands in Atlanta, Georgia, and drag sort of happened to us. It was never about sexual identity or anything. It was really, it was punk rock. So when I did it for the band, the reaction I got from people was... Whoa, and this was not like glamour drag. This was what we called.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Absolutely Absolutely. There are moments when it's really strong and there are moments when in my life when it's been like, okay, what's going on here? You know, when you feel out of sync, but then, you know, I was driving to this, I had this pitch meeting and I was driving down the street and my car, my trainer who I'd seen earlier today was just walking up the street. I was like, of all the people I could encounters. Yeah. And it's those coincidences that remind me that...”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You don't have to. No, there's no need. That's why, you know, people ask me, do I believe in God? And I say, sure, sure. What is it? I don't know what it is. There's something there. I don't know what it is. I don't need to know what it is. I don't really care what it is. I know it's there, though.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I remember when my parents were in the living room going crazy, you know, beating each other up, I knew this can't be right. But when I was about 11 years old on PBS. I found my tribe in Monty Python's flying circus. I thought? Okay, they get it. Okay, they're irreverent. They're not taking anything seriously, and they're having fun. That's what this is all about. So that's when I got it very early. My sisters also, you know, we laugh. That was our sanctuary, was a place where we could find some peace.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's exactly right And I got that as a kid. I was a young kid and I thought, is everybody getting that this is all kind of an illusion? And I couldn't get anybody to corroborate with me until you...”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, no. You know, the interesting thing is the stories are all the same. They're really all the same. And, you know, they're the story of the hero with a thousand faces who doesn't. Isn't recognized by the world and they're not recognizing themselves.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Because their hearts are so Are so open and they've been beaten down so much that they see in what we're doing a place where it could be celebrated.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I hear from a lot of young people, from everyone, everyone. It's not just gay or drag queen or any of that. It's people who not only dance to the beat of a different drummer, but who are super sensitive and sometimes too sensitive for this world.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's just funny, you know, you're on the planet long enough and you understand certain, I wouldn't call them tricks, but certain ways to navigate that help, that you just understand how things work. You know how things work? And you go, you know, I'm going to work it.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I do, I do. You know what? The easiest thing for a man to do is to throw on a pair of suit and a jacket and a shirt. You're done. You're done. Yeah. And it's the easiest thing in the world to do. And you look great. I always tell the kids who I'm going to work with, if you wore a suit, you'd make more money. Really? And why do you say that? Because it changes the way you move around and navigate this earth and how people interpret who you are.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“To a Franco for race skirt, honey? I would see you in white turtlenecks, and I always wondered how you were able to get a white turtleneck over a face that's been made up.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, no, but you know, the kids who watch our show they've never seen those before social media, so I can wear them again”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And actually, some of the stuff, you know, there's the Statue of Limitations run out on some of the gowns that I wore on the VH1 show. I had a talk show 20 years ago. So some of those gowns, which I still have. I can wear those. Those are now”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, it's an apartment. But I have stuff at the house too. I have these big plastic crates with all the gowns in them. And then in New York I have a bunch of stuff.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's kind of crazy right now. I just finished production, so there's stuff all over the place. I live here in LA and in New York, but I have a condo here that is specifically for a whole lot.”
2018-01-17 · Oprah's Super Soul · RuPaul Charles: We’re All In Drag · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source