60 Quotes by Divine

I've been turned down for a lot of TV because they didn't think there was a place for Divine on television.

I always loved that tragic look, the bigger-than-life women. They always have those big glasses and scarfs on, and doctors and nurses always around them. You felt sorry for them, but they had their lips together, no matter what was happening to them. They always looked like movie stars.

I never planned to do female roles. It just happened. I was typecast.

I can stand on stage and do nothing, and people will write, 'Divine was outrageous.'

I was very introverted.

Even though I travel considerably, I hardly get to see a thing when I am out on tour. It's always the same routine: I get into some town. They lead me to the hotel. I eat. I put on lipstick. Then I go to the club, talk real dirty, sing a few songs and go home. Not a bad way to make a living.

I think a lot of people don't really understand. They call me a fat drag queen, which I resent, because I'm a character actor and a very good one.

I was always fat and not very athletic. Finally in my junior year I went on a diet. I got down from 220 to 140. It was very funny, all of a sudden I was much more popular. I could get dates with pretty girls who had turned me down before. I was the same person! It was a learning thing for me, part of growing up. I realized it was all so artificial.

I was typecast for a long time. A lot of people thought all Divine could do was play a loud, beefy blonde.