I'm tired of straight people playing drag queens. Why can't drag queens play drag queens? They're talented, they're fabulous, they're gorgeous! ... To Wong Foo (Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar) ? I could've puked with the exception of John Leguizamo. He's brilliant, and I adore him.

I used to watch the Connie Francis movie Where the Boys Are. I would throw a T-shirt on my head and make believe that I had long, blond hair and sing with a Coke bottle.

We never got there. ... One of us was arrested in Shreveport ... and the car finally dropped dead in Houston, ... I was stuck in Houston for about a week. I finally called my parents and asked them for money to go back to New York.

I would see these films starring Maria Felix, Lola Flores she was my very favorite. My uncle was the one that opened my eyes to glamour,

I was spoiled beyond belief. I had the first tricycle in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. They hated me there,