Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Shangela

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Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Shangela Laquifa Wadley, known mononymously as Shangela, is an American drag queen, reality television personality and actor best known for competing on RuPaul's Drag Race. Shangela was the first contestant eliminated in season two, and returned as a surprise contestant in the series' third season, placing fifth. She returned once again for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars where she finished in joint-third/fourth place alongside winner of the first season, BeBe Zahara Benet. Shangela has also made several television appearances and regularly performs across the United States and Canada.

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As a drag diva auditioning in Hollywood, I've run the gamut.

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I think going into any competition, you feel pressure.

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It's always been my dream, it's always been my vision to work as an actor in Hollywood, in drag and out of drag.

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Any queen who's ever worked in a drag bar, or even been in a drag dressing room, knows that underlying all of that is a sense of family.

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Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I'll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe.

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Life is about putting forth your best effort and showing up. When you show up to the gig fearlessly and put forth your best, who knows what could come of it?

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I'm track 3 with fabulous French dialogue on the 'Star Is Born' album. I'm track 3 'NASA' on Ariana Grande's album. From 'All Stars 3,' went to 'Drag Race' three times, never won. Three is my lucky number.

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I just think there's so many great LGBTQ stories and more that can be told and I want to be a part of that.

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Drag Race' is a lot like 'Game of Thrones.' There's a lot of different alliances, queens fight for the crown, they take the throne.

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I am Shangela, I'm a working girl professional who owns her truth.

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People around the world get to get a sense of who you are through reality television. They are so engaged with you that if they love you, they will support you for life.

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I probably got many personalities living in my head and they all have to pay rent, OK?

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We're in the world right now where self-promotion is very accessible with the Internet and with YouTube and what I've learned is that you've got to utilize all those resources and the relationships that you have in order to make your business a success.

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I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.

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One thing that Gaga taught me was less about makeup and more about how to be just natural through the makeup - really allow your talent to shine through, no matter what you're doing.

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The way I've always dealt with disappointment or challenges in my life is to find the bright spot and focus on it.

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For me specifically, after travelling around the world I noticed that performers who had web shows had huge international popularity and that segued into a lot of events reaching out to book them.

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I'd love to do a project that falls between drama and comedy - a dramedy with hilarious moments.

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It's a performer's worst nightmare: to hurt yourself on stage and not be able to remove yourself from the stage.

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Honey, I beat down an alien with my purse in the 'X Files.'

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Let the record show I would never turn down a role with Lady Gaga.

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My first show was at Here Lounge in West Hollywood.

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You never know where I'll pop up, I'm Shangela, OK?

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I think everybody should have the right to do drag if they want to. Even if they look busted!

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And I think I might be one of the first, if not the first, drag queens, in drag, to ever walk down the red carpet at the Oscars. And I hope that means something to somebody out there, because it means something to me.

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I don't have a sugar daddy, I've never had a sugar daddy.

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As a 'RuPaul's Drag Race' queen, I meet so many fans from so many walks of life.

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I've always had the spirit of a survivor.

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In life, you can't control what other people are going to do; you can't control how they're going to behave. All you can control is how you're going to react.

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RuPaul's Drag Race' is the holy grail of drag.

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Keep working hard and you will have your day in the sun.

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I'm not an overtly emotional person.

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You have to know what you're worth and you have to stick with that because you're only going to hurt yourself in the end if you bring your price point way down, as well as impact others in the market.

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Lady Gaga is a professional, truly, and someone who I aspire to be like as an entertainer.

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When things go wrong, I like to keep on working and move on.

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Every good look needs a storyline.

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I'm from Paris, Texas, okay! I remember looking up and just dreaming to one day make it on an airplane.

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It's not what color you are or how you fare with fans, it's who you are and what personality you have.

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Live your passion, and live it to the fullest.

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It's great that we have so many people from so many diverse background in the 'Drag Race' family.

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I started watching, growing, learning, and putting in extra effort to become the best queen I could.

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There's no union for drag queens.

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Even last minute, you can find a great makeup artist at your local MAC store or department store makeup counter, and a lot of times they'll hook you up for free.

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Baby, everything I have I've worked for and gotten myself.

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Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues - that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, 'Oh, honey, I can do it too.'

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I'm the Nancy Drew of drag!

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A lot of times, in other films in the past, you see some drag roles that make you go, 'OK we're the punch line again.' You know, someone comes in and they're like, 'Oh is it a man?' that kind of thing.

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Listen, I'm a fan, no, I'm a stan of Ariana Grande.

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It's a real honor and dream come true for me to be part of something as awesome as NBC's 'Community,' working with such comic legends as John Goodman and Chevy Chase.

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Bradley Cooper was amazing as a director. Like you hope the director is nice, you hope they are cool, and he was at the top of the list.

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The drag scene in Miami has always been top notch to me.

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I would say my biggest piece of advice that I would offer LGBT business owners and people looking to segue their talent into a business would be to utilize all the resources that are available to you.

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A big thing in the LGBTQ community is finding family because some of us have loving families and some of us really don't, so we have to go out there and make our own families.

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I'm a work horse.

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I have a lot of talent and sometimes, you know, when people see you're a drag queen they go, 'Oh, he's a drag queen. That's what he does.' But I'm always excited to... stretch the boundaries on how they see me.

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It was a privilege and an honor to work alongside Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Working with people at the top of their game was like a master class.

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My dream was always to come to Los Angeles and make it as an actor. I kind of just fell into drag.

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It's amazing how far that we've come and the strides we've made in the LGBTQIA community with regard to acceptance and equality and really honoring ourselves and who we are.

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I've been to every Lady Gaga concert.

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She's quite the professional, but I think the true Gaga - the magic of Gaga - is she knows how to dive into any element and really just be comfortable in her own skin.

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Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Shangela

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