I think being young and, like, 14, 15, you feel like a weirdo, and playing guitar with my grandpa in my grandma’s kitchen is probably my fondest memories I’ll ever have.
TRIXIE MATTELAny 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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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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 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 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.
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I think people are slowly realizing that don’t have to be looking in a mirror to enjoy something. And they’re realizing that watching a show with drag queens in it doesn’t make you gay any more then listening to rap makes you black.
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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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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’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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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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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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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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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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When I was on ‘Drag Race,’ it felt like a serious competition going on between drag queens and then Katya and I were also there.
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Some people say that ‘Drag Race’ is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it’s about shaking RuPaul down for her money.
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