Interviews and voices
Television interviews from GoPride's conversations with artists, creators and community voices.
Simon Helberg
“I always felt very attracted to those traits; people who aspire to be something much, much larger than they are and who have a complete misunderstanding of who they actually are.”
Cheyenne Jackson
“I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole.”
Big Freedia
“I’m blessed to have my own show and to have a platform to speak on a lot of different things that are happening around the world.”
Sarah Silverman
“Letting your freak flag fly is something, no matter who you are, that takes great bravery, straight up.”
John Cena
“I think the possibilities of this show are limitless.”
Toni Tennille
“I have found with all of my gay friends who love the music, they are passionate and they find what’s underneath.”
Cynthia Lee Fontaine
“Some Kim Chi for breakfast is not going to be bad!”
Cameron Esposito
“I believe comedy is one of the best ways to process pain and inequality.”
Margaret Cho
“I’m trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer.”
Alan Cumming
“The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs.”
Randy Harrison
“I really think time caught up with it and has liberated the story.”
Josh Thomas
“We take bits and pieces and muddle them around with fiction.”
Michelle Visage
“When you pour your heart and soul into something it feels like you are giving birth”
Kristian Nairn
“I get very emotionally involved with the tracks I’m playing. It’s like having a megaphone on what you’re feeling yourself.”
Anne Burrell
“I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off”
M. Night Shyamalan
“The casting gods have to be with you.”
Nicole Zanatta
“I'm me so you will either love or hate me.”
Jon Seda
“I enjoy the mystery of Chicago and going around to places.”
Adore Delano
“I try to build something rather than put out a Rice Krispies Treat single.”
Judith Light
“I think she’s one of the most fascinating characters that I’ve ever gotten a chance to play.”
Jackson Galaxy
Cat daddy Jackson Galaxy is in a cat-egory by himself
RuPaul Charles
“I've been doing this for a long, long time. To be involved with things that I enjoy doing, I couldn't ask for more.”
Carson Kressley
“I have never body painted anyone and I have not been body painted myself. Maybe for the finale they can tag the judges.”