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.
TRIXIE MATTELI’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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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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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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The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, ‘yaassssss.’
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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 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 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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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 love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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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’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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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 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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