Top 55 Violet Chachki Quotes

A reveal should be unexpected and clever.

I perform in theaters, international stages with people screaming for me, and then I go back to my hotel room, take all my makeup off, and I’m alone.

I just love glamour so any time period that had a lot of excess and glamour, I draw inspiration from. All the stuff from the 60s and 70s, very specific times in the 80s.

Getting success really quickly – overnight success – it’s a bit jarring at first, for sure, to transition into that.

I draw a lot of inspiration from different time periods.

I get asked really dumb questions.

There’s nothing I love more than admiring the details and embellishments on the works of art that I wear.

I’m a fashion hoarder. I have a ton of stuff, and I like to cycle it out to have room for more stuff.

There’s something really intimate about getting in drag in your bedroom in the safety of your own home.

Showing variety in representation in casting is super important, it gives minorities a platform and I think it definitely creates a safe space for conversation and progress.

My name itself is extremely campy. Violet Chachki literally translates to purple doodad.

Drag Race’ is a huge opportunity for us to elevate drag culture, to tell our stories. It really is a career-maker.

I think I always knew aesthetically what excited me the most, and I think I was always looking for that aesthetic in other people and it didn’t really happen. I decided to take it upon myself to be the change I wanted to see in nightlife.

I’ve always been interested in androgyny and a lot of my work explores gender identity.

For me, drag is about two things – confidence and glamour. Drag is about using artiface and illusion to tap into the self-confidence we all have. And glamour is about taking what you have naturally and showcasing in a way that makes you feel good. It’s truly a practice in faking it until you make it.

I’m not a social justice warrior – that was never my goal, to be a political figurehead.

I don’t necessarily like being a TV personality, I just want to be an artist.

I’m a visual person, and I love visual extremes and aesthetic discipline.

I just love a little bit of tinted moisturiser or an SPF on days where I don’t have to wear any makeup. Giving your skin a break is crucial and there’s actually a bit of glamour in beautiful skincare and no makeup days.

I’ve always dreamed of creating my own show.

It’s very important to have visual representation, to show that queers are important, queers are powerful, queers are beautiful, queers are valid, and you can’t erase us.

I started as an inexperienced drag queen with awful makeup serving daiquiris to obnoxious bachelorette parties.

I definitely think that I, as a drag queen, can endure pain a lot better than most people.

I’ve always wanted to put my drag character in film because you can have total control over what you’re projecting, what image you’re portraying.

A word of advice for all the aspiring drag queens out there: be resourceful.

That’s what I really love about glamour and drag; it’s about celebrating femininity and fun, while being really provocative.

There are so many drag queens on ‘Drag Race.’ In order to have a fulfilling career, you have to do well on the show. You have to make yourself stand out.

I’ve always been inspired by vintage clothing and vintage styles.

I’m living and doing my work on my own terms. It’s a lot of pressure, not just for the audience, but for myself.

My solo show, ‘A Lot More Me,’ is part drag show, part burlesque show, part circus show, and part fashion show.

Drag is all about taking references, taking pop culture and flipping it on its head.

I’m like a cross between Bettie Page and Lady Miss Kier but a guy.

I feel like I have a legacy that I’ve built. I feel like I’ve made my little notch in history.

You always have to try something to know what’s gonna happen next.

I always have been excited by taboo things, especially growing up, going to Catholic school.

I use glamour as a tool, almost like armor to confidently take up space, to provoke questions and conversations about society and gender norms.

For me, makeup will always be about glamour, fantasy, and escapism!

Notes on ‘Camp’ talks a lot about homosexuality and androgyny and performance and a false seriousness, nit-picking the trivial things and making them funny. And that’s exactly what drag does. Reading through the entire essay I couldn’t help but relate all of it back to drag.

I really really love Atlanta. There are tons of amazing artists.

Sometimes, when I am in a moment of self-doubt, I think – you’re Violet Chachki, you can do and achieve whatever you want.

I started doing drag as a form of rebellion and expression and then I got attention and it snowballed.

You’re not alone if you have skin problems or if makeup is irritating you.

When I was smelling Heretic for the first time, I was impressed because it was organic-smelling and light and refreshing and natural and not overbearing at all and not too synthetic or floral. It doesn’t smell like you’re wearing cotton candy.

Well, I was raised in the south, so it’s like Bible belt vibes. I went to Catholic school, so I had a male uniform my whole life. I always had very specific gender roles with hair and makeup and nails. Every single little aspect of me was gendered and then I was told aesthetically what was allowed per my gender.

I’m from Atlanta, which is the capital of drag, so very competitive. For my first booking in 2011 I was paid $35, I did three performances and a call back so that’s four looks.

My drag character is very dominant and domineering, and that’s a quality that I am inspired by.

I just take inspiration from anything that visually stimulates me.

In the drag community it’s mostly women in the audience, even for burlesque. I think people look at strippping as a male gaze thing and I think the actual neo-classical burlesque community is more about women supporting women and their creativity, along with freedom of expression.

What’s holding us back from being free is fear. Whether it be fear of those on the outside who don’t understand queer people or any other minority, or the actual minorities themselves being scared. The lack of freedom we experience is all tied to fear.

I am, by nature, not optimistic: my fellow drag queens would probably describe me as a pessimist.

I have an amazing collaborative relationship with Albert Sanchez and Pedro Zalba. They always understand my vision and also have their own references to bring to the table, the results are always incredible.

I’ve always really loved cinematography and glamorous old Hollywood movies and they go hand in hand.

I don’t want to look like a woman. I want to look like a drawing of a woman.

I was constantly getting in trouble, constantly trying to break the rules. Even when I was coming up in the drag scene, I was known as sort of the rule breaker, the rebel, the bad girl.

I have a lamp problem. I’m addicted to lamps.