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Siv Ngesi
70 quotes
“My mother taught me that the only Plan B is to enforce Plan A. As a kid, I didn’t want to invest in anything apart from the performing arts. There’s nothing else I wanted to do and it’s the only thing I’ll ever do. I want to die doing this.”
“I was a child star, performing for Nelson Mandela and traveling the world, and then the acne hit, and it really slowed me down. It was a difficult, but quite an important part of my career. It shaped me into who I am today.”
“It’s about consistency, consistency, consistency and trying to do it for the right reasons. Don’t chase the break, but work like it’s around the corner – continuously.”
“That being said, if I’m honest, Knuckle City and Still Breathing are two projects I think I am happiest with my performance.”
“I just want to create and carry on. I don’t want to ever sit and think about my work for too long.”
“Oh, all the time.It’s definitely easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.”
“I will speak my mind and I refuse to hold back. Any brand that associates with me needs to understand that.”
“When you are successful, people will always have an opinion about you and what you are doing,Remember – dogs only bark at moving cars, never at parked ones.”
“It’s like stopping at a zebra crossing and people thanking you – I’m not stopping here because I want to, I’m stopping because I have to. I believe that I’m just a normal South African, who hates seeing injustice and I have the platform. So I speak out. But I think every single person, even if you don’t have a platform, should speak out against the injustices of the world and of this country.”
“I think it is an injustice, having young women miss school or having to pick between a loaf of bread and [sanitary products].”
“They say you can judge a society by how tightly a woman holds her bag – see that woman over there? She’s holding her backpack casually across her shoulder, where the other one is holding it tightly to her side – that’s interesting.”
“If they don’t pick me, it’s their mistake and I’ll continue to create work.”
“It’s the same as getting your heart broken. No matter how many times it happens – it never gets easier.”
“There’s a saying that I posted on Instagram; ‘A mistake that makes you humble, is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.”
“It’s about reaching for the stars, but with your feet firmly grounded.”
“I’m going to do it. There is no choice. You have to execute; you can’t make excuses.”
“When you are a developing country, there are many stories that haven’t been told.”
“People are loving it and South Africans are saying that they have never seen anything like this before, so there is still great opportunity here.”
“I feel like it will be more of a back and forth thing. I won’t be staying there permanently – I still have a lot I want to do here.”
Siv Ngesi (born 1985) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A reluctant activist, June 25 2020
“You know, Sivanna could arguably be SA’s most famous drag queen currently. And that’s quite interesting to say. I will say that it has been 90% love and 10% negative. And it is quite easy for people to talk about the negative. But for me, I always knew that the negative was coming. I always knew that the backlash was coming. I was prepared. I was ready.”
“I’m glad that I did it at the age that I am now. I think if I had done it three, four years ago. I would have been defensive. I would have fought back.”
“Everyone who has attacked me has attacked me from a place of hurt.”
“I know what the LGBQTIA+ community has gone through a lot. But there has been very constructive feedback.”
“At the end of the day, Sivanna is here to stay and she is here to dominate...To everyone who thinks she’s a one-hit-wonder, you are mistaken!”
“Peoples anger was that they thought I was taking work from other drag artists. I think a lot of them have underestimated me.”
“At the moment, I am working with other drag artists to be able to create TV shows with them, to be able to create roadshows.”
“It is quite unfortunate that a heterosexual man has to get into drag for many of the sponsors to jump on board.”
“So there is definitely a plan and I will not be the only face involved.”
“There are a lot of other drag artists involved.”
“I’m respectful, I’m humble, I’m here to f**k shit up and I’m not here to play, Everyone must be prepared for what she (Sivanna) has planned.”
“To many of the guys out there, you guys are jealous because you can’t get a girlfriend as hot as Sivanna.”
“When I’m in a dress, I feel the most powerful and enlightened version of myself. There is definitely a power in wearing a dress and a vulnerability, that I love.”
“When I watched the first season of ‘Tali’s Wedding Diary’ and I saw Ari (Kruger) and Julia (Anastasopoulous), I said to them, ‘I need to be in the second season. I worked with Ari twice before. The guy (his character) is a lot similar to me: he’s cocky, he’s brash, he’s in your face. In ‘Dam’, Victor is a minute character in the whole thing. I really tried to ground him as much as possible. I gave him a very different voice to me. He’s not a bad guy.”
“I think a lot of people underestimate me as an actor. I would say I’m one of the best actors in the country and, if I’m given a chance, I can show people.”
“I will say, South Africa as a whole is sleeping on my talent.”
“For me, I will keep on climbing mountains and standing on mountains and still make sure I push on and show people how great I am.”
“I want to be able to be creating content on social media, I wanna be doing stand-up comedy, I want to be producing content and I want be writing scripts and I want to be acting in as many versatile roles as possible.”
“I’m unapologetic when I say I believe I’m one of the most versatile performers/ entertainers this country has. I’m out to prove it and I take no enemies!”
Siv Ngesi (born 1985) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Siv Ngesi: I’m respectful, I’m humble, I’m here to f**k shit up and I’m not here to play, The Post, March 06 2021
“I am unapologetic about celebrating my achievements. I am one of the most underrated entertainers in the country – and people tend to call me controversial, but I find that quite unusual because I have only ever been me – completely so.”
“It’s a little bit like being porn star – and then COVID comes and you can’t have sex so you end up watching other people having sex online. That’s how I feel about performing comedy on Zoom.”
“Well, I was fortunate enough to grow up with something that many people did not have – and that was an incredible mother. My mother believed in me, and as I was the last born yet the first boy, I was always continually told I was special. All my life. I was super energetic as a kid, and my mom was told to put me on Ritalin – but she refused, and put me in drama and sports instead – and that changed my life. There is no plan B for me, the only plan is to enforce plan A, and that’s all I have ever done and will ever do.”
“I was able to hire a Cadillac from 1955, and had to (illegally!) buy wifi coupons because they didn’t have wifi in most places.”
“travel to meet myself, and to develop parts of myself that tend to get left behind in day-to-day life. Travelling has taught me that we are all the same, it is an equalising force.”
“I hate being confined to one place!”
“With an estimate 9 995 Rhinos poached in the last decade, the plight of the rhino is one that the world needs to listen to.”
“Worth more than gold per gram, the rhino horn is in demand, yet has proven to have absolutely no value for medicinal purposes (nor any other purposes) – its keratin, nothing more than your nails on your hand and feet.”
“When I say “plan” I mean, I’m getting a backpack and booking a flight. I’ll see what happens when I get there.”
Siv Ngesi (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘I travel to meet myself’ – Siv Ngesi on the Eastern Cape, Cuba and scuba,Getaway, February 18 2022
“Well, let’s start; let’s begin! Let’s start with blacks! I’m going to speak about all races, so everyone will get a chance to be offended!”
“Now the blacks in this country love their delicacies when it comes to food,” Ngesi told the crowd. “You know – sheep heads, intestines, sheep legs, chicken feet…. I do, too! But my white friends are always like, ‘Ah just get that away from me boet (brother)! It bloody stinks; I’m going to vomit!’ But I’m the same when a white person gives me salad; I’m like, ‘Hayi (no)! Get that away from me, man, before I vomit! I want chicken!”
“I remember him putting his hand on my shoulder and asking me to take a seat at his table!”