I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
BOY GEORGEI exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
More Boy George Quotes
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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I’m quite a loving person and I’ve always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I’m very interested in other people, and if you are, they’re interested in you.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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