If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?"
This is the story of how RuPaul became the world's most successful drag queen.
This is the story of how RuPaul became the world's most successful drag queen.
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00:00You're born naked and the rest is drag.
00:02The guys in the three-piece suits over there, it's drag.
00:05I mean, everything you wear, this body you have is a vessel.
00:08It's bigger than the bulk of it.
00:09One last thing for you to remember.
00:30If you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you going to love somebody else?
00:34Can I get an amen up in here?
00:39I love this man very much.
01:07I've just gotten to know him and it's been one of the big pleasures of my life.
01:37Hey, I've always said, and I say this to the girls, every time I bat my false eyelashes,
02:00I'm making a political statement.
02:02What is the statement?
02:04Live your life.
02:05Love yourself.
02:06Don't let anybody tell you how to do your own thing.
02:09Do your own thing for your own self.
02:11You know what I'm saying?
02:32I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
02:35RuPaul stands for the individual in every human alive.
03:05We debuted our show, Drag Race, 10 years ago and a lot has changed then.
03:19In fact, our show came along with Obama.
03:23It came along at the exact same time.
03:25And I think viewers have stuck with us because there's such diversity on our show.
03:31I think our show is actually the most diverse show on television.
03:35And we celebrate the outsider.
03:37And this is something that is long past due.
03:41And we're really just getting started, baby.
04:01I am overcome with so much emotion right now.
04:16You know, as a kid, I'm from San Diego.
04:18As a kid, we'd come up here and they'd drop me off right here on Hollywood Boulevard.
04:24So I can look at all the stars and dream that one day I could be one of the stars on Hollywood Boulevard.
04:55I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
04:57I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
04:59I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
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05:05I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:07I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:09I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:11I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:13I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:15I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:17I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:19I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:21I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:23I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:25I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:27I think I represent anyone who's got a heartbeat.
05:52Who would have thought that a 6 foot 4 black drag queen
05:56queen with blonde hair would be an international star. Well, I would have
06:00thought that and that's what happened.