You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.
Drag is a chicken suit, and you're very emboldened. Whatever you do or say or fail at or succeed at is attributed to your costume and not you as a person. So there's a lot of freedom.
You have to be patient, efficient with your moves, and attuned to what's happening with your body physically. The key is not to rush or panic. You wait and wait and wait - and then strike.
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.
You're only as good as your weakest link in the ecosystem of sound, of audio.
My Aunt Sheila was terrifying! She would put a napkin in her mouth and say, 'You've got something on your face, dear. Let me just scratch that off your face. Let me sand your cheek.'
I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.
Any '90s baby, The Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin had to be your favorite wrestler.
When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.
The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in theater, film, and television, because there's not much opportunity in terms of employment there. So you do have to be resourceful and be able to flex your muscles artistically.
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
I think comedy has to come from your authentic point of view.
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.
It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self.
Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.
I was very head-strong, and this was the Vietnam War era - You did not listen to your parents or other authority figures. You didn't share their values. No one did in my circle. It was OK to rebel.
