I’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
TRIXIE MATTELThat’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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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.
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My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn’t allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.
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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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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I guess I just believe in Trixie Mattel, and I believe in the work. I don’t think I’m better than anybody else, but I really think that I’m hilarious and beautiful.
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I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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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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Any time there is an economic downturn or political strife, lipstick sales skyrocket. If you have a hard day, it’s this $14 thing that lifts your day. I think drag has that same lipstick effect.
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I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera’s ‘Stripped.’ That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for ‘Beautiful’ existed, so obviously I was affected.
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Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it’s how I deal with things. It’s wonderful.
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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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