Interviews and voices
Celebrity interviews from GoPride's conversations with artists, creators and community voices.
Colman Domingo
“It’s interesting to do something that you’re a little afraid of sometimes. There are some very sensual scenes in there. I’ve never portrayed that on film.”
Sean Baker
“I was conscious of riding that line, telling a story that was at one moment funny and the next moment dramatic, and sometimes a combination of both at the same time.”
Amy Ray
“Often when we’re somewhere, that place is informing our writing. I think the idea of movement, the constant propulsion through time and space, really does inspire.”
Anne Burrell
“I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off”
Steve Orlando
“We are looking to give a sort of icon to the queer community. It’s vitally important that he’s a gay man in the book. I can’t discount that.”
DJ Alex Acosta
“It's going to be one of those parties that will stay in people's head and memories for a long time!”
M. Night Shyamalan
“The casting gods have to be with you.”
Cazwell
“I feel like the times I’ve played in Chicago that people genuinely like me.”
Estelle
“We don’t stand around, “Look at me singing at you.” We have a party and I mean everybody.”
Dawn Oberg
“My fondest wish it to make rock-star money so that I can buy a building for my friends to live in so that we can still have a community.”
Sandy King Carpenter
“We really wanted to make a comic book that comic people loved not just fans following us from the movies.”
Tom Goss
“I'm not very good at pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm an overly earnest and honest Midwesterner.”
Ani DiFranco
“I feel like I will be diversifying it from my angle. Not so queer anymore, but definitely a woman centered woman and just a human rights centered artist.”
Eli and Ido Bendet-Taicher
“We do have a unique story and we can finally do something for our community to show people the inside of a same sex family with all the good and the bad.”
Fox E. Kim
“... it's seeing how dedicated others are to cosplay and to bringing specific characters to life.”
Rich White Ladies
“We would rather be in gay bars all over the world than enything else.”
Margaret Cho
“It’s a show of all-new material. I’m really proud of it. It’s a call to action.”
Justin Jedlica
“I like being an artist and wearing my canvas all the time.”
Emily Kinney
“If I were doing The Walking Dead I wouldn't be able to do 31 cities this next month and a half!”
DJ HiFi Sean
“I had a big record collection and people wanted to hear it.”
Joe Fiore
“It’s gonna be a one of a kind, memorable night for Chicago. Fun, furry and festive for all!”
Anne Steele
“Quite frankly, my main audience is gay men. I don’t know that being a lesbian plays to that in any way.”