Quotes by Billy Porter

Billy Porter

American actor and singer

Lived from: 1969 -

Category: Music | Movie

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  • There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing.
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  • All you need to do is turn on the news, and in five minutes, you're depressed with the state of the world. Choosing joy is a completely active choice. It doesn't just happen. You can't just say, 'I want to be happy.' You have to take action.
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  • Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.
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  • For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.
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  • For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
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  • Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.
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  • Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.
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  • Many movie stars or American Idol contestants sort of fall into theater... and say, 'Oh, yeah, I would love to do theater.' And then they get here and say, 'Oh, wait a minute, this actually is a craft!' It's not just show up one day and do it. It's show up eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and twice on Saturdays.
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  • When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to be a minister. So I was going down that path, and then I saw the Tonys.
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  • When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.
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  • You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.
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What are the most famous quotes from Billy Porter?

The two most famous quotes from Billy Porter are:

  • "There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing."
  • "All you need to do is turn on the news, and in five minutes, you're depressed with the state of the world. Choosing joy is a completely active choice. It doesn't just happen. You can't just say, 'I want to be happy.' You have to take action."

When did Billy Porter live?

Billy Porter is still alive and was born in 1969.