Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Willam Belli

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Willam Belli

Willam Belli, mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, but was disqualified in the "Frenemies" challenge.

Always tip a drag queen. If they're good, they deserve it. And if they're bad, at least they'll go away after that buck.
I want to keep 'A Star Is Born' with the greatest reverence ever.
I did an HBO movie called 'Cinema Verite' where I played Candy Darling. That was really, really cool because I got to meet James Gandolfini and Diane Lane and Thomas Dekker.
When someone says, 'I recognize you,' I'll say, 'Congratulations on having a TV.' It's a little joke. — © Willam Belli
When someone says, 'I recognize you,' I'll say, 'Congratulations on having a TV.' It's a little joke.
I've never really considered myself a musician.
My signature scent is naivete.
A kiki is any type of social function that's cute at which at no less than 2 but not more than 10 drag queens are in a room together. It's super fun.
I don't know how to do anything else and lack any skill that would be applicable on a resume. Drag is what I know. The gigs are my life.
Rocky Horror Picture Show' was my gateway drag/drug. I was somewhere between 13 and 16 when I started going to that.
And who wouldn't want to date Jonathan Bennett, right?
One of the most flattering things is when other people are seeing what you're doing and then replicating that kind of thing.
If you don't get something, don't spend your time wallowing. Just move on and then speak up for the next thing, and hope that you're involved in that.
I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, one night at a time. I'm not usually up during the day.
My grandma spelled my name wrong until she died. Like literally, birthday cards, mail, everything. — © Willam Belli
My grandma spelled my name wrong until she died. Like literally, birthday cards, mail, everything.
I was an awful child. And now I'm an awful adult.
Drag was always looked at as a stepchild, and I wasn't willing to sit at the kid's table anymore so I took what's mine. You can't depend on other people to give you what you want; you have to take it.
I have nothing but respect for RuPaul, but it's impossible for me to be happy working with people who don't treat others the way they want to be treated.
I'm not complaining at all but 'A Star Is Born' hasn't helped my career in like, opportunity terms.
I think a cream blush placed under foundation works the best. That way it shows through the skin the way your face does when it naturally blushes.
Sometimes it's better to make a mark than to hit your mark, and I think I realized that early on.
I think finding a way to relate material to yourself can be useful to some people but acting for me is just being really good at make-pretend and lying. I've always been a great liar.
I just do my own thing, and my flower continues to blossom like one of those delicious Bloomin' Onions from Outback Steakhouse.
The videos I put on YouTube have expanded my audience beyond what I could have done at just a Hamburger Mary's. People saw the videos, started booking me, and literally 40-plus countries and thousands of gigs later I can basically say that YouTube has bought me a house.
I had a drag mom but she didn't really teach me about makeup. She just basically stuck me into gigs. And then I borrowed clothes from her and her drag to play the gigs.
Each generation gets more accepting which is great.
Regret's kind of like a fool's game.
I love Issa Rae from 'Insecure.'
Being a fat kid - FFK, former fat kid - helped round me out, no pun intended. I'm a better adult because I wasn't treated well as a child.
I'm not a persona, and I'm not a character. I'm always the same person.
People are so concerned with what they put in their bodies but so few know what they're putting on their skin. I like to use preservative-free, cruelty-free makeup that hasn't been tested on animals.
I feel bad for my parents for having to raise me. I was crazy.
Somebody once said that my look was like if Aileen Wuornos got acquitted and got a book deal. And I was like, 'That's wrong, but it's really funny.' And I've always thought that she was kind of like a gold mine for parody because there's all these things that went wrong in her life.
My priority is my happiness.
My goal with the makeup line was that you wouldn't have to use brushes. Fingers are my favorite thing.
I'm aware of the other drag artists with makeup lines, and I celebrate them. The pie is big and there's room for everybody.
Contouring in the wrong hands turns into clownturing. I like to build it into my concealer base using cream colours and then put my foundation on over it.
My parents let me get my outfit in the gayest place possible, the 'International Male Catalog.' They sold mostly speedos and thongs and clubwear, and I was like, I'm getting that sheer shirt with the dragon on it, and then those vinyl patent leather pants and the cheetah platform boots.
I'm trying to take drag back to its down-and-dirty roots where people get offended at first, and then they're like, 'Oh my God, this crazy queen.'
I'm a drag queen. I want colors that get attention. The world does not need another palette with eight tans and a blue. — © Willam Belli
I'm a drag queen. I want colors that get attention. The world does not need another palette with eight tans and a blue.
I just want to be like a little bit of Bluto from 'Animal House,' mixed with like some amazing diva like RuPaul.
The next RuPaul is an actor, a singer, a personality, not someone who can just get up at a bar. So I'm looking to do all those things.
Listen - by the time I'm 40, I'm either gonna be super famous or dead.
I'm in a band, I sing live.
The hardest skill to master was finding the right lash for my eye. Eyes are the windows to the soul, and some windows need blinds instead of curtains.
I mean, I find drama to be engaging and it makes your blood pressure go up and you keep watching, but it's not as entertaining as, say, comedy.
My favorite must have beauty product is a good, reliable black eye pencil.
I think that drag makes anything better.
If you put drag in front of anything, it inherently makes it more fun. So mashing up films with cult followings with drag queens is a natural fit for a good time.
I'm from the North. We didn't have Chick-fil-A. — © Willam Belli
I'm from the North. We didn't have Chick-fil-A.
I would love to be the John Belushi of drag. He was fearless.
My opinion is not valuable to the general public.
If I die tomorrow I could die happy, because this feels like possibly the biggest thing I'll ever do in my career, and I'm fine with that. I get to be in a movie with Gaga.
Well, I wasn't a big Chick-fil-A fan, I guess, I never really knew about them because I'm from Philly and they don't have them there.
And I've never really been a makeup pro.
I am no one's role model.
Showing up is like 90 percent of the battle, and just make sure your hair is really cute.
I might not have won 'Drag Race,' but I won the Internet.
What other people think of me isn't any of my business but it's nice when people say nice things.
Every artist that I've parodied has been cool with it so far. I know one hasn't loved a version of it, but she didn't sue me over it or make me take it down. They've all been pretty cool.
I like meeting people, cause they tell me I'm pretty, and I just have to say thank you a lot.
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