Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Bianca Del Rio

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American entertainer Bianca Del Rio.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Roy Haylock, better known by the stage name Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actress, and costume designer. She is known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since her time on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured several stand-up shows, including It's Jester Joke (2019), which also made her the first drag queen to headline at Wembley Arena. She has also performed as a host for various international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, she published her first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything.

American - Entertainer | Born: June 27, 1975

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In 1996 I was working on a play in New Orleans, and they needed a drag queen. I offered to play the role. That led to guest appearances at bars, which led to regular appearances at bars, which led to hosting. I eventually started working six days a week in bars before moving to N.Y.C.

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I mean I'm one of those people that laugh at a funeral. And it's always the worst time, but there's always a place to find something funny.

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Chris Rock, I think is pretty brilliant, and Amy Schumer's fabulous.

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I've never been a dreamer.

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Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.

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I see the people who teased me on Facebook, and they look like hell.

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In the gay world, and in drag in particular, they love to put you on a pedestal and then two minutes later rip you down.

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You gotta have moisturizer cause I'm old. You gotta have that. You know for every glass of wine I drink I get drier and drier so I have to keep my self well moisturized.

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Obviously I have to use makeup remover, which I have my own makeup remover called Bianca Remover, which you can buy online.

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Oh I ain't going anywhere. You can't get rid of me.

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I mean, there's enough people who have a job for years and are not good at it, so you should be skilled at what you do.

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We all have things we're ashamed of.

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I was always a creative child. I also liked to paint and draw. All those years of doing those types of things, I was grateful I had those experiences because it changed my life later on. I know they weren't acceptable for what society assumed a boy should do, but I think its just your passion, it's what you're drawn to.

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I wish I had a sad story, but I don't. Too many gay people have a sad story.

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Even if you take someone like RuPaul, no matter what she does, people are still going to find something they don't like about her. You just can't win.

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I'm not going to do an album. There's enough horrible drag queens singing - especially when they do that spoken word over music, 'I'm fierce! I'm fierce!'

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I generally enjoy talking with the audience - they give you so much. They've usually had a cocktail or two and they are wild, so it creates a fun environment.

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Well honestly, I do stay away from being political, especially about Trump. It's just one of those things.

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No one can play crazy like Glenn Close. I loved her in 'Fatal Attraction,' '101 Dalmatians,' 'The World According to Garp' - all of those are great.

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To get the opportunities I've gotten has been insane. But also interesting. With the Starbucks commercial, I found it fascinating that once it was on the Internet, tons of people, especially gay people, were like, 'Why did they choose drag queens to showcase our community?'

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There's always something that I will always find to do, because I just enjoy working so much. There's always something on the horizon; it really comes down to scheduling and making it all happen.

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Well, I've realized I can function with no sleep!

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People love sympathy, people love the underdog. For me, sympathy is not part of my drag aesthetic.

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Maybe I'm just nostalgic for the old days when drag was fun, not personal.

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I'm not a person who lives for sympathy.

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I'm clown realness!

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Well, I'm old enough to remember Carol Burnett, and I would love a variety show type of thing.

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Oh my God, of course there's everybody in the world that I would love to work with. I mean I got to meet and work with Joan Rivers, who was my absolute favorite. Sadly I didn't get to meet Mr. Don Rickles before he passed.

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I'm a man in a wig who is an entertainer, I'm not a role model.

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Amsterdam's my favourite place to visit.

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I laugh at myself on a daily basis.

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I try to find humor in everything.

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I don't take myself too seriously, I try to always encourage people when they come to see me that nothing is really serious.

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Outside of the gay world, I don't know how many people know me.

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People feel they can just pass judgement with a tweet or with a comment and then you're supposed to change your life for them. I can't worry about what some phantom individual online has to say about me.

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One of my favourites on Instagram is @dublin_zoetrope. He does these musical theatre/Meryl Streep/Glenn Close memes that are truly hysterical. He'll take a regular photo of them and create an entire storyline, and it makes me cackle out loud.

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Before Bianca?? I don't remember that far back! That would've been in my teens. I was working in local theater and opera, doing costumes, hair and makeup.

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I mean, I'm a drag queen, any excuse to wear a costume means it's going to be a good time.

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When Logo offered me my own comedy special, I said, 'Let's make it a double.'

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These are truly special days we live in - where a clown in a gown can make her very own drag queen revenge-comedy.

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I'm fortunate that, in real life, I love what I do and get to celebrate it.

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I live in L.A. so I don't get to see much theatre anymore. They have a lot of touring shows but it's not like New York - I lived in New York for 15 years and you can walk out on the street and there's something to see.

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Everything is not serious. If you don't like what I'm saying, change the channel - don't look at me, don't buy a ticket. You either get it or you don't, and it's fascinating because it's usually intelligent people with a sense of humor who get it.

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I've done drag many, many years, but TV is a huge, powerful thing.

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There are friends of mine that I've known for years who didn't like my brand of humor, but once I was on 'Drag Race,' they loved it.

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Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.

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Sometimes if you're dealing with straight interviewers they're a little more excited if you're in drag: 'Oooh! Aaaah! Eeeee!' But if you're just sitting there out of drag, they think you're just a bitter queen.

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I never rule anything out, you never know what's to come.

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You know you've come full circle when you're working with Charo.

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If you have a beard, I would suggest putting glitter on it, because it will make you look fancy.

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The average person assumes that you're a drag queen so you're a nelly and you want to be a girl, which is not the case, and I think Drag Race has changed that for us.

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It's important for me to get close to Sarah Huckabee Sanders and actually fix her makeup.

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I am a walking joke.

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Basically, I want the most unnatural look possible.

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Everybody does drag for different reasons.

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People have gone down this spiral of cancel culture and the idea that everything is offensive.

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Rolodex of Hate' is basically how I ended up being so hateful. It's a look inside.