Jonathan Van Ness Quotes
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When you've been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be.
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I was someone who wore bright purple sweatsuits with tall Doc Martens boots. I would iron Hanson decals on my sweatshirt. I was extremely flamboyant as a child.
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Going to school was an absolute terror for me for, like, a decade.
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My biggest secret is that I don't over-wash my hair. I wash it twice a week at the most, unless I'm on set every day.
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Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.'
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To me, self-care isn't really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life.
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How you take care of yourself is how the world sees you.
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I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late.
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Please don't compare the nature and authenticity of 'Queer Eye' to 'The Bachelor.'
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I wish I was a gorgeous mixologist, but that was not my god-given strength.
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I wish I had more of a game plan of how I'm going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it'll happen.
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There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don't need to listen so much. Don't worry so much and just go. Unless you're, like, in danger, and then don't. And then run, girl.
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My podcast 'Getting Curious' keeps me really busy, which I love.
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I want to show straight men and gay men alike that self-care and grooming isn't mutually exclusive with, like, femininity or masculinity.
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I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility.
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I remember saying I wanted to be a cosmetologist when I was really young.
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Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don't always wanna be alone, but I definitely like pockets of solitude to recharge and come back to myself. I think that's so important for everyone.
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Kristi Yamaguchi stole my heart in 1992, and I've never been the same since.
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I think I've been in a lot of really uncomfortable situations, and I think when you're in uncomfortable situations, it kind of polishes you up a little. It shines you up.
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I'm from a really little town called Quincy, five hours southwest of Chicago.
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I went from being pretty fit to 230 lbs., which isn't, like, the biggest for being 6-feet-tall, but I had been 165 lbs. just three months prior. That taught me a lot about how people treat you differently when you're fit and when you're bigger.
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I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.
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I'm really big on the gym and yoga. I'm at the gym at least six days. That is just getting there and creating those endorphins and sweating. And that routine also keeps me grounded in spite of whatever my life looks like.
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I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let things roll off and be able to laugh, and I think that has definitely helped me when it comes to being in the public eye with 'Gay of Thrones' and 'Queer Eye.'