I hate drag. It’s extremely uncomfortable. It’s awful. I’m in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.
TRIXIE MATTELI have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
-
-
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.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
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.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
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.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
When I’m in drag, I don’t always want to be spoken to, but I love being looked at. Nobody puts that much work into how they look to be ignored.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
Drag Race’ is sort of like trying to lift weights – like, 50 pounds when you should’ve been lifting 20.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
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.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash – a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
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.
TRIXIE MATTEL