I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
TRIXIE MATTELMy 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.
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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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.
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Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn’t really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job?
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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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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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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 plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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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 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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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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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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I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash – a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.
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I don’t expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, ‘I love ‘Drag Race,’ and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.’ Not necessarily an obvious crossover.
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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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