A biography for Violet Chachkihasn’t been written yet.
“I really would like to be an advocate for LGBT youth or transgender youth, or transgender people in general.”
“It's very important to have visual representation, to show that queers are important, queers are powerful, queers are beautiful, queers are valid, and you can't erase us.”
“You're not alone if you have skin problems or if makeup is irritating you.”
“At things like DragWorld and Drag Con, you see young people come out in droves and be moved to tears, or hear their stories about how they found strength in what we do.”
“I was constantly getting in trouble, constantly trying to break the rules. Even when I was coming up in the drag scene, I was known as sort of the rule breaker, the rebel, the bad girl.”
“To be honest, I'm kind of a Grinch.”
“I have a lamp problem. I'm addicted to lamps.”
“My name itself is extremely campy. Violet Chachki literally translates to purple doodad.”
“Showing variety in representation in casting is super important, it gives minorities a platform and I think it definitely creates a safe space for conversation and progress.”
“I've always really loved cinematography and glamorous old Hollywood movies and they go hand in hand.”
“I'm not a trendy person, I don't like to be.”
“I can definitely make sample size work.”
“I started as an inexperienced drag queen with awful makeup serving daiquiris to obnoxious bachelorette parties.”
“I really really love Atlanta. There are tons of amazing artists.”
“What's holding us back from being free is fear. Whether it be fear of those on the outside who don't understand queer people or any other minority, or the actual minorities themselves being scared. The lack of freedom we experience is all tied to fear.”
“I had always watched HGTV with my mom when I was very young, we would cuddle and watch interior design shows. I think those TV shows are what made me start thinking about aesthetics in a critical way. I think I could always tell when a person or an item was different or expensive or well designed and that was always exciting to me to see.”
“There's something really intimate about getting in drag in your bedroom in the safety of your own home.”
“I like being in control and having total creative freedom.”
“I don't want to look like a woman. I want to look like a drawing of a woman.”
“The costume world - whether it be movies, television or drag - and the fashion world have this weird, ugly stepsister, love/hate relationship. I'm somewhere stuck in the middle of it, and it's so much fun.”