Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I’m gay: well, the fact that I’m flamboyantly gay. – Ross Mathews
I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn’t say, ‘Go into broadcasting.’ It’s just what I wanted to do – I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn’t. – Ross Mathews
My guilty pleasure is elastic-waisted pants. And reruns of shows I’ve already seen 400 times on TV. – Ross Mathews
I actually quite love following Lisa Rinna on Twitter, because she tweets like I tweet, which is like, ‘Just dropped off the kids!’ Or, ‘Hey, here’s a great sale at the grocery store!’ It’s such real life, and to me she’s like a celebrity – she looks like Hollywood to me – that following her makes me feel like, stars are just like us! – Ross Mathews
When I was growing up I didn’t know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I do. I feel like I’m setting an example for people everywhere. – Ross Mathews
If you want to succeed at any job, make yourself invaluable. Go the extra mile; make them never be able to imagine what life without you there would be like. – Ross Mathews
There were times I was told, ‘You are too gay.’ I turned down a lot of things because producers said they wanted me to be different. I said, ‘It’s not going to happen.’ – Ross Mathews
I would like to sit down with Oprah, just because I’d like to talk to her. I want to sit down and, like, converse. Like, ‘Honey, let’s chat!’ – Ross Mathews
I always see celebs in very weird spots. I don’t always go to fancy-shmancy places, but I see celebs at coffee shops or random stores, when you’re looking for a sweater and turn around like, ‘OMG, that’s Fred Savage!’ – Ross Mathews
My DVR, like, sees inside my soul, and inside my soul is a 65-year-old retired woman. So there’s Food Network, HGTV and ‘Golden Girls’ reruns. And ‘Roseanne.’ – Ross Mathews
I take a lot of pride in managing to be funny without having a victim at the end of my joke. I laugh at a really dark joke as much as the next person, but my jokes, I feel, don’t have to hurt anybody to be really funny. – Ross Mathews
I started walking rather than driving to get my coffee. I liked it so much, I do it for 45 minutes every day… You know those annoying people who are like, ‘If I don’t work out I feel… ugh’? I might be becoming one of those people. – Ross Mathews
Usually, you get to interview that one girl who plays the sister on some Disney show – you interview that girl a lot – but sometimes, every once in a while, you get to interview a legend. I have interviewed some amazingly iconic people, including Michelle Obama, Oprah, Sidney Poitier and Judy Dench. These people are legit icons. – Ross Mathews
It’s a well-known fact that the TV camera adds 10 pounds. I don’t want to say that I’ve been calling my Jenny Craig consultant a lot, but I’m pretty sure I’m the first spokesperson whom they’ve considered filing a restraining order against. – Ross Mathews
I realized I was gay in the shower one day with Barbra Streisand. It happened while I was lathering, rinsing, and repeating with Pert Plus. As I was belting out the chorus to my favorite song from ‘Funny Girl,’ ‘Oh my man, I love him so, he’ll never know…’ it hit me. – Ross Mathews
People should never apologize for who they are, and they should never hide who they are. Hating yourself is so 2011. – Ross Mathews
There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I’m developing my show, that’s going to be the focus. – Ross Mathews
I know what it’s like to scream when you see Justin Timberlake in person because I’ve done it. – Ross Mathews
Not to be too preachy, but I would really recommend to people, if you get the chance, to trust yourselves to leap without a net, because that will build the confidence. You know, you might shock yourself with how much you don’t need a net because you can catch yourself. – Ross Mathews
There are two industry secrets to surviving a long day on camera on the red carpet: First, no drinking the night before – ever. You can celebrate after with some bubbly. Second is make sure to use shoe insoles. I don’t care if you are a guy or a girl, dress shoes are painful. Worth it, but painful. – Ross Mathews
What I love most about achieving whatever I’ve achieved is that the Seattle Seahawks follow me on Twitter! – Ross Mathews
I got to have about 15 minutes with Michelle Obama, and that was a big deal because you’re like, ‘Wow, I’m part of living history.’ You know? I definitely think she could take me in an arm wrestling match. – Ross Mathews
