60 Quotes by Divine

I am a man who happens to play women's parts. And I'm not a drag queen. I'd like to think that I'm several levels above that.

I never wanted to emulate anyone. Oh, I loved Elizabeth Taylor, Mae West, Lucille Ball. But I never tried to copy. I always wanted to be an original.

I've always had very macho taste in movies.

The press criticism made me feel at times like I was someone who had landed from outer space and, to my parents, being in show business was the worst thing you could be. Especially because I did drag, they didn't think much of it.

I don't see what's shocking about a man in a dress.

I'm known all over the world.

I'm finally living the way I always thought people in New York were supposed to live. I have a bright, sun-filled lovely apartment on the 24th floor with a view of the river and the city. Most of all, I'm happy.

I just didn't feel like a Glen. Not that I'm 'divine.' But it's just become a name like Tom, Dick or Harry. There's no special meaning to it.

I think of myself as an actor or a personality, the personality of Divine, an entertainer.