Welcome to the world of Jonathan Van Ness Quotes, where the infectious charisma and empowering wisdom of this beloved Queer Eye star come to life through a collection of inspiring and memorable words. Jonathan Van Ness, known for his unapologetic self-expression and genuine personality, has left an indelible mark on the world with his positive outlook, self-love advocacy, and fabulous sense of style. Whether you’re a fan seeking a dose of motivation or simply looking for some witty and relatable quotes to brighten your day, you’ve come to the right place.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of Jonathan Van Ness’s most iconic quotes. Feel free to use them as a source of inspiration, share them with friends and family, or get creative by placing them on images and enhancing them with stylish fonts. Let Jonathan’s words remind you that self-acceptance, self-love, and authenticity are the keys to living your most fabulous life. Enjoy the quotes and let them inspire you to shine brightly in your own unique way!
I wish I had more of a game plan of how I’m going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it’ll happen. Jonathan Van Ness
My podcast ‘Getting Curious’ keeps me really busy, which I love. Jonathan Van Ness
Coming from a town of 30,000 people on the Mississippi River, having ‘Queer Eye’ in 2003 through 2007 when I was in high school was really important. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m from a really little town called Quincy, five hours southwest of Chicago. Jonathan Van Ness
I like people too much. I really do. Jonathan Van Ness
Be able to see people’s humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you’re reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized. Jonathan Van Ness
People think because they sweat, their hair is dirty. False. It’s just salt and your natural oil. Jonathan Van Ness
For keeping hair long and healthy, I like to use silk pillowcases; they conduct less heat and keep your ends less frayed. Also, I sleep with my hair in a very loose top bun to keep my ends away from my body heat. This also keeps your hair from getting tangled at the nape of your neck. Jonathan Van Ness
When you’re willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be. Jonathan Van Ness
The second you’re bleaching hair more than three or four levels on a consistent basis and want it long, and then you’re heat styling it and living in the world – it’s just impossible. You can get it there for a moment, and then you might get a couple re-touches out of it. Jonathan Van Ness
I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it’s easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn’t affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it’s someone you know instead of this abstract person you’ve never met. Jonathan Van Ness
Even though I’m a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don’t look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of ‘Queer Eye,’ I feel like I don’t fit in that box. Jonathan Van Ness
I remember saying I wanted to be a cosmetologist when I was really young. Jonathan Van Ness
I’ve had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way. Jonathan Van Ness
To me, self-care isn’t really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys. Jonathan Van Ness
You gotta floss! Jonathan Van Ness
I’m always learning new things about myself. Jonathan Van Ness
Going to school was an absolute terror for me for, like, a decade. Jonathan Van Ness
If my energy was fake, then I would feel pressured, because I gotta, like, keep this up. I thank God it’s just how I am. But I find myself wanting to work on being more comfortable in the silence with people. Jonathan Van Ness
I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let things roll off and be able to laugh, and I think that has definitely helped me when it comes to being in the public eye with ‘Gay of Thrones’ and ‘Queer Eye.’ Jonathan Van Ness
I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and ‘Queer Eye’ was a beacon of light. Jonathan Van Ness
In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don’t know how to set your own boundaries. Jonathan Van Ness
I used to be pretty hard on myself, like, if I didn’t like a haircut I did on someone, I would think about it a lot and second-guess myself. But after therapy and a lot of work, I know how to dust myself off a lot faster, and those things don’t knock me down as much as they used to. Jonathan Van Ness
I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that’s icing on the cake. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m a big proponent of all love winning and love just being fab. Jonathan Van Ness
People who fundamentally disagree with you politically or socially are not bad people. I can’t expect that other side to have compassion for me if I can’t put myself in their shoes, too. Jonathan Van Ness
A song like ‘Tears Dry on Their Own’ is really sad, but it’s hopeful, too – that was my theme song for the first boy who broke my heart. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m really big on the gym and yoga. I’m at the gym at least six days. That is just getting there and creating those endorphins and sweating. And that routine also keeps me grounded in spite of whatever my life looks like. Jonathan Van Ness
As a kid growing up, I really hated being alone. I was always that kid that was like, ‘Do you want to hang out? Let’s go to the mall. Let’s go to the movies. Let’s go to the park.’ I would call people and call people and call people. If I was alone when I wasn’t at school, then there was something wrong. Jonathan Van Ness
Think about how your jeans would look if you washed and dried them every single day. That’s like our hair, and you can’t change your hair as often as your pants, so cutting down on washing cuts down on long-term damage. Jonathan Van Ness
I was the first male cheerleader of my high school; it’s very hard to embarrass me – you have to do a lot. Jonathan Van Ness
I just – I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue. Jonathan Van Ness
How you take care of yourself is how the world sees you. Jonathan Van Ness
I think that I’m, like, an introverted extrovert. At the end of the day, when I get done doing hair at the salon or shooting a day of ‘Queer Eye’ or whatever, I definitely want to come home and, like, order pasta and sit with my cat or just one person or no people. Jonathan Van Ness
To my younger self, I would say unless you’re literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission. Jonathan Van Ness
I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time. Jonathan Van Ness
If I could only have one grooming tool, it would be floss. I don’t want to have broken Cheetos in my teeth. To protect myself from the sun, I can find shade under a tree. To moisturize my skin, I could get really sweaty and then just rub it on myself. But how are you going to clean between your teeth without floss? Jonathan Van Ness
I’m good at following my own grooming advice. Jonathan Van Ness
My biggest secret is that I don’t over-wash my hair. I wash it twice a week at the most, unless I’m on set every day. Jonathan Van Ness
When you’ve been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be. Jonathan Van Ness
I think I’ve been in a lot of really uncomfortable situations, and I think when you’re in uncomfortable situations, it kind of polishes you up a little. It shines you up. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m really about body positivity and self-love, and I will definitely push the boundary with a pink midriff-baring top. Jonathan Van Ness
If you’re feeling a little down, you’re never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you’re depressed – if you need a pick-me-up. Jonathan Van Ness
If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I’m more of my light side on Instagram. Jonathan Van Ness
Aly Raisman doesn’t have a podcast – but she should! Jonathan Van Ness
You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself. Jonathan Van Ness
Typically, you’re not gonna find me out at night; I don’t go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I’m invited, but usually, I’m, like, home by 11. Jonathan Van Ness
From the extreme political polarization that is everywhere – there’s so much suffering going on – so many people are really thirsty to feel good about something. Jonathan Van Ness
If you have body hair, I’m like, ‘Have your body hair. Have it sticking up the top of your shirt.’ I’m really about body positivity and self-love. Jonathan Van Ness
Men and women can be friends, and it can just be friendly. Jonathan Van Ness
I wish I was a gorgeous mixologist, but that was not my god-given strength. Jonathan Van Ness
I went from being pretty fit to 230 lbs., which isn’t, like, the biggest for being 6-feet-tall, but I had been 165 lbs. just three months prior. That taught me a lot about how people treat you differently when you’re fit and when you’re bigger. Jonathan Van Ness
Whenever anyone says I’ve taught them things by me being myself, I’m always like, ‘Really? I just thought that was like, Wednesday for me. I was just wearing a kilt and a sleeveless top in a Rotary Club, it wasn’t that big of a deal.’ Jonathan Van Ness
I vividly remember D’Angelo’s ‘How Does it Feel?’ as a song I listened to around the time I came out. Jonathan Van Ness
Leaving your hair down to sleep causes friction on your ends between your body heat and the pillow case. Securing the ends away from your body helps preserve your ends. Jonathan Van Ness
Probably the advice I could follow more is the self-love sort of advice. I think, four out of every five days, I’m good at that, but certain situations can trigger self-doubt or cloudiness around how I feel about myself. Jonathan Van Ness
I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in. Jonathan Van Ness
I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility. Jonathan Van Ness
I always wanted to play with people’s hair. I was really into ‘The Golden Girls’ and how big their hair was. I always had Barbies and Ken dolls, whose hair I wanted to play with and was always styling. I was very lucky – I never had to wonder what I was passionate about. I’ve always known that I’m really, really passionate about grooming. Jonathan Van Ness
Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive. Jonathan Van Ness
I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply. Jonathan Van Ness
I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it. Jonathan Van Ness
When I moved to L.A. in my early twenties, I was growing my hair. Then, when I was 25, I cut it off and was like, ‘Oh no, I think I’m a long hair person until I go bald!’ Jonathan Van Ness
I love changing hair color. I love doing hair shape. I love the social aspect of salons. I love clients, and because of doing hair, I’ve heard so many life stories. Jonathan Van Ness
Since I have psoriasis, I buy anything that feels good against my skin. I tend to wear really, really soft hoodies by the brand Velvet. Even if I don’t have a flare-up, I’m still like: Oh. My. God. This nice thing feels so good. Jonathan Van Ness
I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I’m forced to. I’ve been through a lot of things in my life that, if I didn’t make light of it, I would literally keel over. Jonathan Van Ness
Please don’t compare the nature and authenticity of ‘Queer Eye’ to ‘The Bachelor.’ Jonathan Van Ness
I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person. Jonathan Van Ness
Confidence is sexy. Jonathan Van Ness
I wanted long hair my whole life. When I was a little kid, my mom would be like, ‘We get our hair cut once a month.’ So I just always got my hair cut. Jonathan Van Ness
I love ‘Downton Abbey.’ Jonathan Van Ness
I was really, really, really feminine and really into cheerleading and really into figure skating and really into gymnastics. Really into everything that other boys weren’t. Jonathan Van Ness
One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women. Jonathan Van Ness
My family was really big on college, and it was hard for them to stomach that I was going to be a hairdresser. Jonathan Van Ness
We focus so much on our relationships with other people, and beauty, for me, is about facilitating your relationship with yourself. Jonathan Van Ness
In yoga, we say that everyone has a magnet on them, and you’re either positively or negatively charged. So if you’re liking how you’re looking, you’re gonna be more positively charged. Jonathan Van Ness
Getting married is a good time to revaluate all of your relationships. Have you had the same haircut since seventh grade? Have you found products that work for your skin? You need time to experiment. Jonathan Van Ness
I’ve worn a 100% polyester cheerleading outfit in stadiums full of people – it is pretty hard to embarrass me. Jonathan Van Ness
I’ve been an Amy Winehouse fan since her first album, ‘Frank.’ I always listen to her music when there’s a lot going on and I want to be a bit grounded. It’s like my musical warm fuzzy blanket. Jonathan Van Ness
I want to show straight men and gay men alike that self-care and grooming isn’t mutually exclusive with, like, femininity or masculinity. Jonathan Van Ness
We’re all just trying to do the best we can with what we know! Jonathan Van Ness
God, I miss TLC. Jonathan Van Ness
When I’m having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to ‘The Blessed Unrest’ by Sara Bareilles. Jonathan Van Ness
I think that the ideal of men’s physiques in general, gay or straight, is one of the most under-talked-about things ever. Ninety-five percent of these bodies that we’re seeing, that we’re striving so hard to look like, are genetically engineered – like, let’s be very clear. Jonathan Van Ness
I don’t want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense. Jonathan Van Ness
Blotting pads are great in case you get sweaty or oily. But don’t rub. It’s a slow, methodical blot: set the pad on your skin and let it absorb, then move it to the next location. Jonathan Van Ness
You want to be more hairy, that’s beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that’s great. Jonathan Van Ness
There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don’t need to listen so much. Don’t worry so much and just go. Unless you’re, like, in danger, and then don’t. And then run, girl. Jonathan Van Ness
Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things… there’s a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did ‘Gay of Thrones.’ Jonathan Van Ness
Self-care is the non-negotiable. That’s the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care. Jonathan Van Ness
I was a chubby kid who got made fun of a lot, and I got fit in high school, and I stayed fit in my 20s, until my dad died. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m obsessed with gymnastics. It’s like my football. And I like to watch women’s gymnastics a little bit more than men’s because I live for balance beam. Jonathan Van Ness
Kristi Yamaguchi stole my heart in 1992, and I’ve never been the same since. Jonathan Van Ness
In states where there’s one really big city, a lot of outlying counties and smaller towns really don’t have very many resources. Jonathan Van Ness
I was someone who wore bright purple sweatsuits with tall Doc Martens boots. I would iron Hanson decals on my sweatshirt. I was extremely flamboyant as a child. Jonathan Van Ness
So often, grooming is meant to make you feel better about yourself, and a lot of times, we use it to make ourselves feel worse. Jonathan Van Ness
I’m just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You’re expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You’re expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. Jonathan Van Ness
It’s nice to have a safe place to have a conversation going; whether it’s a friend or family member, you can use ‘Queer Eye’ as an entry point to have a conversation that’s meaningful. Jonathan Van Ness
Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don’t always wanna be alone, but I definitely like pockets of solitude to recharge and come back to myself. I think that’s so important for everyone. Jonathan Van Ness
