Trixie Mattel Quotes

If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.

We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it.

For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.

I think I was drawn to acting just as a way of getting noticed.

The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.

Everybody is in drag.

Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background.

When we first played Max's, people thought Cindy and I were drag queens - we wore these gigantic wigs that sort of his our faces.

Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move a crowd.

I see theatre everywhere, actually. We're all kind of performing a version of ourselves every morning by choosing the clothes and how we appear - but the stage is so emphasising that I really feel comfortable in it.

People sometimes think that drag queens are always really confident and fearless because we transform ourselves into these beautiful creatures, and they believe that it's how we live our everyday lives.

A drag queen on time is not a drag queen.

All men in makeup are playing a part.

The cool thing about being in drag, just like getting to play a role in a play, is that you get to play a fantasy and you get to play someone else that you're not used to.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

When people say, 'I don't see you enough,' well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist, or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.

Me in drag is kind of scary, actually. It's frightening. I actually look pretty good.

People know who you are when you've never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you've never seen them before. It's really different, but it's awesome.

The recognition factor is so much higher when I'm a redhead, so when I'm a blonde I can pass under the radar a lot more easily.

When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.

It was always theater for me. But part of that came out of the fact that I was always acting out as a kid. I was the kid who didn't play well with others.