I'm not a real Halloween kind of guy, because Halloween is every day.
The one time of year when everyone wears a mask... not just me.
Life is a masquerade.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
I take fancy dress very seriously. I mean incredibly seriously.
I am anti-Halloween.
I never really enjoy the thought of fancy dress.
I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify.
I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling.
I was the Pink Pansy or whatever, wearing this crazy thing.
As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.
Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
I'm kind of living a Bruce Wayne life and then morphing into Batman, but I'm glad now Batman comes out during the day. That's kind of like how drag was: we were called upon at night to make people smile and laugh and clap.
Halloween is one day of breaking out of your shell, one day you can be completely expressive, where the world gives you license to dress up.
When I was a kid, I saw Mardi Gras in New Orleans. So to me Party Rock was always wear your animal print, bring your no-lenses glasses, dress up in a bunch of colors and have fun. Animal print is a must.
I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
Where Halloween is concerned, I peaked in 2007.
They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
Before my time on 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Halloween was my favorite day of the year since I was a little kid. It's the day we worship the macabre and live vicariously through the costumes that we wear.
'Phantom of the Opera' started in my little 100-seater converted church in Britain with a stage where we did what we did. But it was the score itself was what made it.
I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire.
It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.
Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative.
We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.
Yeah, I was at the Masquerade of the Damned.
