Eleni Mandell
"There is a very lovely lesbian couple in Chicago that has come out to see me many times over the years. I’m always disappointed if they aren’t there."

Shoshana Bean
"I look at C.C. Bloom and there is a lot of Barbra in her."

Adam Guerino
"I'm always surprised and humbled by how far the show has come already."

Colman Domingo
"It’s interesting to do something that you’re a little afraid of sometimes. There are some very sensual scenes in there. I’ve never portrayed that on film."

Sean Baker
"I was conscious of riding that line, telling a story that was at one moment funny and the next moment dramatic, and sometimes a combination of both at the same time."

Amy Ray
"Often when we’re somewhere, that place is informing our writing. I think the idea of movement, the constant propulsion through time and space, really does inspire."

Anne Burrell
"I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off"

Lenka Kripac
"I'm a vague forest dweller"

Steve Orlando
"We are looking to give a sort of icon to the queer community. It’s vitally important that he’s a gay man in the book. I can’t discount that."

DJ Alex Acosta
"It's going to be one of those parties that will stay in people's head and memories for a long time!"

M. Night Shyamalan
"The casting gods have to be with you."

Cazwell
"I feel like the times I’ve played in Chicago that people genuinely like me."

Dawn Oberg
"My fondest wish it to make rock-star money so that I can buy a building for my friends to live in so that we can still have a community."

Estelle
"We don’t stand around, “Look at me singing at you.” We have a party and I mean everybody."

Sandy King Carpenter
"We really wanted to make a comic book that comic people loved not just fans following us from the movies."

Ani DiFranco
"I feel like I will be diversifying it from my angle. Not so queer anymore, but definitely a woman centered woman and just a human rights centered artist."

Tom Goss
"I'm not very good at pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm an overly earnest and honest Midwesterner."

Fox E. Kim
"... it's seeing how dedicated others are to cosplay and to bringing specific characters to life."

Eli and Ido Bendet-Taicher
"We do have a unique story and we can finally do something for our community to show people the inside of a same sex family with all the good and the bad."

Rich White Ladies
"We would rather be in gay bars all over the world than enything else."

Margaret Cho
"It’s a show of all-new material. I’m really proud of it. It’s a call to action."

Justin Jedlica
"I like being an artist and wearing my canvas all the time."

Emily Kinney
"If I were doing The Walking Dead I wouldn't be able to do 31 cities this next month and a half!"

Joe Fiore
"It’s gonna be a one of a kind, memorable night for Chicago. Fun, furry and festive for all!"