A biography for Leslie Jordanhasn’t been written yet.
“One of the main reasons I started writing these one-man shows was that this really evil casting director once said to me, 'you're peripheral and you'll always be peripheral. You'll come in with the zingers and have very little to do, so just accept that and take the money.'”
“I can entertain myself for hours.”
“The fact that I had a gay agent was good because he could say: 'Honey, you've got an audition today. Keep your feet on the ground, O.K.?'”
“I'm a worker bee.”
“I feel as if I've been to Miami a million times because I do so many cruises out of Miami.”
“I had an awful experience where I went to the U.K. and did reality. I can't even get into it - it was called 'Celebrity Big Brother U.K.'”
“I have a standup I do in gay bars, and it's filthy. I have to assess the crowd. If it's an all-gay crowd, I'll dip into the stories of my sordid past.”
“There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it.”
“I don't sing. I don't dance.”
“For years, I had a Christmas ornament I had bought at a Cracker Barrel that read 'Deck Them Halls, Y'all.' It always tickled me.”
“I am not a drag queen.”
“I'm one of the most popular cabaret performers, and I don't sing a note. And nobody expects me to sing.”
“I'm a true Hollywood success story - knew no one, had no connections.”
“I'm on the road almost eight months of the year.”
“I always call my journey into sobriety, my journey into queerdom, because I really did hate everything about myself.”
“I was there when APLA was started in somebody's living room.”
“My mother and grandmother created this secret garden where it was OK for boys to play with dolls, and it was OK for little boys to sew potholders.”
“I was always the class clown. I was always the funny one.”
“I'm an aging show pony and they trot me out here and there.”
“People say, 'Oh, you do theater!' And I say, 'Honey, I do theater to get better TV and film roles.'”