Words matter. These are the best Divine Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Things people told me would never happen are happening. I’m clawing my way to the top as a man, no less.
I love to eat, it’s my main thing, my biggest weakness.
I’m honestly very shy and quiet and to myself. Not that too much shocks me anymore.
It comes to a point where a lot of people don’t know if I’m a man or a woman. I find it quite a compliment.
I don’t do Judy Garland or Mae West, and I’m not a female impersonator. I’m an actor.
I mean, there are a lot of big people out there that they’re still very beautiful people.
I think of myself as an actor or a personality, the personality of Divine, an entertainer.
I should have been singing since I was 10 years old.
I love making people laugh. I just happened to do it dressed as a woman.
I don’t see what’s shocking about a man in a dress.
I was very introverted.
I’ve been turned down for a lot of TV because they didn’t think there was a place for Divine on television.
People don’t even know the meaning of the word ‘transvestite.’
I never wanted to emulate anyone. Oh, I loved Elizabeth Taylor, Mae West, Lucille Ball. But I never tried to copy. I always wanted to be an original.
I was typecast for a long time. A lot of people thought all Divine could do was play a loud, beefy blonde.
I’m known all over the world.
For me, the best thing about drag is getting out of it.
I am a character actor and one of my characters just happens to be a loud, vulgar woman.
I am a man who happens to play women’s parts. And I’m not a drag queen. I’d like to think that I’m several levels above that.
Even though I travel considerably, I hardly get to see a thing when I am out on tour. It’s always the same routine: I get into some town. They lead me to the hotel. I eat. I put on lipstick. Then I go to the club, talk real dirty, sing a few songs and go home. Not a bad way to make a living.
I’ve lasted a lot longer than many thought I would.
I always wanted to be in show business or whatever you want to call this crazy world, to be an actor or a movie star or whatever.
I hate that when they call me a transvestite.
Designers do a lot of clothes I would like to wear but I can’t. If it had to be made up in my size It would look ridiculous. You can’t always wear what’s in style. You have to realize what looks good on you.
It’s not easy being a woman. Especially when you’re a part-time one. You never really get used to it.
