Pose star Billy Porter reveals he is secretly an 'introvert'
'Pose' star Billy Porter says he secretly an "introvert" despite starring on some of the world's biggest stages.
Billy Porter is secretly an "introvert".
The 55-year-old actor - who is best known for starring in the Netflix hit 'Pose' - has performed in front of audiences on both the West End and Broadway but admitted that been though he started off as an "extrovert", he is a bit more reserved away from his career.
Asked what makes him smile, he told Town and Country magazine: "True kindness. You wouldn't know it but... I'm an introvert. I know how to be an extrovert because my job requires it. But if you want to know the real me, I'm a home boy, I want to be with my friends. It's something that has shifted over the years; I think I started out as an extrovert as a young person."
Billy is currently starring opposite Marisha Wallace in the long-running West End revival of 'Cabaret' and has really embraced being in the English capital because it has been "really healing" experience for him.
He said: "My whole life is the greatest thing that ever happened. As a black gay man on this earth in this time. What's so great about London? I love the people, the architecture. I love how art is still for everyone, even though I know you guys are holding onto that concept by a thread. I love the fashion here, it is open and fun and not muted by masculine tropes. I also love the sex positivity in London - it is very healing to me.
" The need for us to always rate and rank drives me crazy. But if I had to give one, it would be the relationship with my mother, which has shifted from something that was distanced and separate because of queerness and religion to a togetherness. Your epitaph would read... 'He loved unconditionally and was loved'.
Meanwhile, the 'Cinderella' star is a big advocate for the issue of climate change, and has no idea how to solve things other than just "showing up" and trying his best.
He said: "Being conscious enough to understand we are destroying the planet and to be aware of the little things we can do as individuals to make a difference. None of us can do it alone. We have to engage in possible solutions.
I don't know; no one knows. All we can do is keep showing up. It's a collective choice and requires collective action. Your greatest failure? I don't think in terms of failure. Everything happens for a reason and our perceived failures are always the greatest life lessons."
