I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road. Kevyn Aucoin More Quotes by Kevyn Aucoin More Quotes From Kevyn Aucoin Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. Kevyn Aucoin idealsgrowing-upmom Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent. Kevyn Aucoin uglyactresseslooks I didn't know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on boys, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with that until I started to hear about it from the other kids in school. Kevyn Aucoin thinkgrowing-upgayschool While traveling around the world, I've had the opportunity to work with every living beauty icon. I've learned to appreciate idiosyncrasy. The fact is, there is really no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty. Kevyn Aucoin workopportunitybeautyworld Kids threw rocks at me, told me I was ugly and left death threats in my locker. Kevyn Aucoin meuglyrocksdeath Fights with my father were really quite brutal. I would not live his vision. I would not become who he wanted me to be. Everything I did was criticized. I would spend three months drawing something and show him, and he would look up from his paper and just look back down. I got no approval from him for anything I did that was creative. Kevyn Aucoin lookmevisionfather Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini! Kevyn Aucoin hidechildgayserious I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did. Kevyn Aucoin boylittlewhothings
