Patti Harrison Quotes

Patti Harrison

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 31, 1990

I deal with body dysmorphia a lot, so it's always a process to see and hear myself on camera. I have to be in the right mental mode to not be hyper-critical of myself.

Patti Harrison

I mean, there are things that I've experienced that I don't joke about because I'm just like, 'People don't really think it's funny that I had an eating disorder for a long time.' There are some things that just like really bum people out.

Patti Harrison

I can still advocate for a marginalized community, while also thinking dog humping is really funny.

Patti Harrison

Those are the frustrations in this industry - the boxes and the labels, where they say, 'You are this one thing and this is the only thing that makes you unique or viable. So just be trans. And here's a stamp on your forehead and all your characters will be wearing a fake mustache and saying, 'Dad, I want to wear pantyhose.'

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Hopefully, we're moving toward a place where representation conversations won't have to happen so much because the playing field is more level.

Patti Harrison

Cisgender people tend to want trans stories of triumph that are easy to metabolize. I want to make things that are subversive and not so entry-level.

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I want to see what my opportunities are, of course. And I want to see how high things go. But I also just ultimately have the most fun when I'm making stuff that I feel like makes me laugh.

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I don't like to eat octopus. They're so smart.

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Before I transitioned, I felt like I could walk on stage and just, like, say anything and people would just laugh. And that's kind of a privilege that I just lost through the layers of social context and me being visibly a political object in a lot of people's brains.

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I think a lot of me trying to blend in was me co-opting the racism that was used against me in a way - being OK with it.

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I perform in spaces that are very inclusive and protective.

Patti Harrison

For the most part, there's not a ton of out and working trans comedians, or people who are visible.

Patti Harrison

Animation has revitalized a part of my brain that says, 'Oh yeah, I do like doing this. This is fun.'

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I haven't been in a million things. And most of them have been really small, or guest parts.

Patti Harrison

I was super, super into Pokemon.

Patti Harrison

I didn't know if I was going to go into acting more, or kind of lean into TV writing or comedy.

Patti Harrison

I think there will always be a part of me that kind of fanboys out about action sci-fi.

Patti Harrison

If someone writes a stereotyped trans character, it's really harmful on a macro level in solidifying public perception of trans people because we're such a small minority group but it's also detrimental to the life of the actor, who needs the paycheck even if the role is bad.

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We need to afford people from minority groups and marginalized communities the chance to inhabit spaces they're often held out of because of stereotyping.

Patti Harrison

'Together Together' is at its core a spiritual companion piece to 'Mortal Kombat.' So if you're seeing 'Mortal Kombat,' I hope you're also seeing 'Together Together' 'cause they are very similar films.

Patti Harrison