I remember seeing RuPaul in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie,’ when she says to Jan, ‘Girl, you better work.’ And I froze it in my mind forever.
TRIXIE MATTELTo me, drag is about doing whatever you want, and nobody says anything. And ‘Drag Race’ is about doing what you’re told and having it evaluated. I hate being judged.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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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 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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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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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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To me, drag is about doing whatever you want, and nobody says anything. And ‘Drag Race’ is about doing what you’re told and having it evaluated. I hate being judged.
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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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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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I have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat.
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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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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 like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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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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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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