I hate drag. It’s extremely uncomfortable. It’s awful. I’m in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.
TRIXIE MATTELI’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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 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.
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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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Most drag queens, they put on music like it’s a costume. It’s not in their bones. It’s not in their background.
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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 strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!
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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 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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I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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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’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
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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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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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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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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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