RuPaul Quotes

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.

Being real is what is important.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

I'm not a fan of being inauthentic.

I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. They want something that's real, and I think I give that to them.

I'm as real as they come.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

When I read 'Be real, don't get caught acting,' I thought, 'How the hell do you do that?'.

We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties

The world isn't scandalized by our freedom but by our fakeness.

I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.

Everything is real on me.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I'm really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don't have to like it. I'm not looking for you to like it; I'm looking to be myself.

Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

I'm crap at pretending to be something I'm not when I'm in my real life.

I'm not a fake one.

I'm real. I'm completely authentic.

I don't want to try to sell myself or portray something that I'm not.