I’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
TRIXIE MATTELI 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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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 plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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 don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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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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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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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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For years, ‘Drag Race’ was gay people’s best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn’t know anything about it. Look at it now: it’s like it’s gone from black and white to IMAX.
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I don’t think gay guys are in touch with how many fabulous divas we have that actually play their own instruments and write their own music, too.
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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’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.
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