I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
TRIXIE MATTELIf I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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I’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
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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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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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As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
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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 listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash – a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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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I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.
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I didn’t start drag because I thought it would be a ticket to anything. I did it for my own narcissistic fulfillment. When I started selling records, going on tour, doing TV. I never expected any of it.
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When someone says ‘Yasss queen!’ to me, I turn around and, X-Men style, run through a wall. You’ll never hear from me again.
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I don’t expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, ‘I love ‘Drag Race,’ and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.’ Not necessarily an obvious crossover.
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I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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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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