Leslie Jordan Quotes

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Leslie Jordan

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 29, 1955

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

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I knew I was as gay as a goose. Then I ended up in West Hollywood, where the queers hang from the trees. I was home. I had landed.

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Film's a director's medium. Stage an actor's medium.

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I figured out quick I had to write my own ticket. I realized I could tell stories and make money from it.

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In 1993, I premiered my solo piece 'Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life So Far' at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. It then went to New York and ran for several months Off-Broadway.

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From my years on 'Will & Grace,' you'd think I'm Madonna.

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I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.

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I will never be a Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, the kind of actor that disappears into a role.

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I'm Southern to the bone.

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That's the secret to happiness. Find something you can make money at that you really love to do.

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People say, 'Oh, you do theater!' And I say, 'Honey, I do theater to get better TV and film roles.'

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What amazes me with 'Will & Grace' fans is how young they are and how straight they are. The guys always come up and go, 'You are so funny on that show. My girlfriend watches that show.'

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Big Brother' has put me off people. I thought, 'I'm gonna get a dog.' I really think I'm going to become more reclusive. It was nothing like I expected. I was so naive about it.

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At one time, when I was younger, I exercised regularly and had a 27-inch waist.

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I don't mind playing gay because there's a whole plethora of gay roles out there, but if I get asked to play one more Southern hairdresser, I'm going to scream.

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All my boyfriends are in their 20s.

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I grew up in Chattanooga.

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I have a lot of shame, and until I got sober at 42 years of age, I had never voted. I was just a hippie.

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I'm not Kathy Griffin. I can't do 1200 seat venues. I need 300, 400 something like that.

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I don't know why all three, my comedic idols are... women.

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