Leslie Jordan

Actor

1955-04-29

Books by Leslie Jordan

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I got sober at age forty-two.
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I always call my journey into sobriety, my journey into queerdom, because I really did hate everything about myself.
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I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.
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There are many paths to God. What really bothers me - and what I think is the height of arrogance and stupidity - is when one group believes their way is the only way. That really gets my dander up.
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I'm a true Hollywood success story - knew no one, had no connections.
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The church was everything: our social engagements, Sunday morning, Sunday evening. Wednesday night was the hour of power. We had Bible study on certain days. Saturday afternoon was choir practice. I wanted desperately to be a good Christian.
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When I was little, I was like a magpie, which is a bird that's attracted to shiny things. They'll build their nests with Christmas tree tinsel.
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In 1993, I premiered my solo piece 'Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life So Far' at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. It then went to New York and ran for several months Off-Broadway.
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I had 20,000 followers and I treasured that. People'd say, 'Oh that's nothing.' I said, 'What are you crazy? That's 20,000 people that wanna hear what I gotta say!'
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I have a lot of shame, and until I got sober at 42 years of age, I had never voted. I was just a hippie.
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