I find a lot of joy from legitimate theater. But Jinkx is my passion project.
You can’t believe that you’re the best at everything.
Australian audiences seem ready for anything you throw at them.
To be completely honest, I find New York to be too much city for me.
Australian audiences seem ready for anything you throw at them.
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?
I did ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ two years in a row in the winter in Seattle, and that was an amazing experience both times.
I’m going to release whatever feels right and what I think is going to spread a good message about my artistry and what I believe.
Growing up as a gay boy during the holidays, there’s the things you want to ask for, and then the things you ask for because you’re afraid of asking for what you really want.
With Jinkx Monsoon, I strive to make her pretty and likable and have this bubbly, lovely personality. But then she can also be the most crass, out of the blue, kooky character.
When I found the ‘Human Nature’ music video as a teenager – I’ve been a drag queen since 15 – I just loved that music video so much because it’s such a celebration of her femininity and her sexuality. I thought it was so powerful.
Drag is very much an art form, and all art goes through ebbs and flows and trends.
Sarah Silverman has always been a huge influence on my comedy.
There’s a mixture of pride and self-loathing in Jewish female comedians that I’ve always admired and wanted to bring into Jinkx.
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.
It’s not just putting on a little bit of makeup and putting on a dress. Some drag queens duct tape their heads, some drag queens are bound and strapped and pulled in every which direction. To be in drag is no small endeavor.
It’s silly, but ‘You Really Got a Hold on Me’ has been a favorite song of mine for a long time.
Coming out as nonbinary was a response to a lot of criticism I got when it leaked that I’d be playing a nonbinary character on ‘Steven Universe.’ I never really had the words like nonbinary or gender fluid or gender nonconforming until after ‘Drag Race’ and that’s when I first started identifying publicly as nonbinary.
I was so nervous competing against Lyneshia Sparx. She’s so gorgeous, and she’s hilarious. When you get to know her, she’s the most lovely person.
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