If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
TRIXIE MATTELI’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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For years, ‘Drag Race’ was gay people’s best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn’t know anything about it. Look at it now: it’s like it’s gone from black and white to IMAX.
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Drag Race’ is sort of like trying to lift weights – like, 50 pounds when you should’ve been lifting 20.
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I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they’re perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.
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Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn’t really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job?
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That’s something I like about drag – I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don’t really like to relinquish control.
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I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore.
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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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When I’m in drag, I don’t always want to be spoken to, but I love being looked at. Nobody puts that much work into how they look to be ignored.
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I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera’s ‘Stripped.’ That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for ‘Beautiful’ existed, so obviously I was affected.
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I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don’t know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea – I have a bottom line – but I never look because I always make believe there’s never anything in there.
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