Shangela

“It's always been my dream, it's always been my vision to work as an actor in Hollywood, in drag and out of drag.”

“I'm the Nancy Drew of drag!”

“I don't have a sugar daddy, I've never had a sugar daddy.”

“For someone with darker hair in the beard area that likes to sometimes sprout during a 14-hour drag day, I must have a thick, yet smooth foundation.”

“I think going into any competition, you feel pressure.”

“Honey, I beat down an alien with my purse in the 'X Files.'”

“I think everybody should have the right to do drag if they want to. Even if they look busted!”

“I grew up as a little gay boy in Paris, Texas, which was a very conservative community and I had a strong religious background as well.”

“My dream was always to come to Los Angeles and make it as an actor. I kind of just fell into drag.”

“I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.”

“I've been to every Lady Gaga concert.”

“In life, you can't control what other people are going to do; you can't control how they're going to behave. All you can control is how you're going to react.”

“I get a daily master class in Jenifer Lewis, and that's been so special to me. If I haven't prepared for something, she'll ball up the script and throw it at me. She'll say, 'You're not ready for this! Go downstairs and work on it.'”

“Baby, everything I have I've worked for and gotten myself.”

“I'm not an overtly emotional person.”

“Listen, I'm a fan, no, I'm a stan of Ariana Grande.”

“Michelle Obama, one of my inspirations, said 'when they go low, we go high,' and it was a thing that I really carried with me.”

“I started watching, growing, learning, and putting in extra effort to become the best queen I could.”

“The drag scene in Miami has always been top notch to me.”

“Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues - that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, 'Oh, honey, I can do it too.'”