I love that drag is a way for people to vacation in the gay nightlife, but… it’s quite a different experience to perform for a gay audience than a straight audience.
TRIXIE MATTELI’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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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I’m very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of ‘Drag Race’ saying they’re great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up.
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My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn’t allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.
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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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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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People are slowly realizing that they’re looking at drag all the time. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire.’ ‘Real Housewives.’ Peewee Herman. Don’t let calling it drag make you uncomfortable.
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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’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
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Something ‘Drag Race’ is really good at is portraying us as artists but also human beings. And normal human beings don’t know everything. They don’t have all the answers.
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I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
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Bad things can happen to you, but it doesn’t mean you have to have regrets. It’s all about what you do with it.
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My grandpa was a country singer, and I started learning guitar from him, just at the kitchen table when I was younger, and I got really into it.
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Katya is literally my flesh and blood. Best friend status.
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In the real world, people go against my beliefs all the time, and I don’t make it my place to – like, I’m not super confrontational.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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I’m an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that’s why my drag is a little different.
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I always tell my mom that if she would have just bought me a Barbie when I was little, I would have gone into real estate.
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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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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
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Most drag queens, they put on music like it’s a costume. It’s not in their bones. It’s not in their background.
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Any time there is an economic downturn or political strife, lipstick sales skyrocket. If you have a hard day, it’s this $14 thing that lifts your day. I think drag has that same lipstick effect.
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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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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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