If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
TRIXIE MATTELAs drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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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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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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 very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
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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 really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
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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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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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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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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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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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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 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 was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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