Quotes from Patti Harrison

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

A lot of what I think is funny is usually through some sort of character, or speaking earnestly one second and then saying something obviously joking.

If you have a soft chin you can write an amazing song about me that involves an alien from my favorite movie, and then I'm yours.

I don't feel like I thrive doing livestream comedy, per se. It really triggers a lot of little neuroses that I have about performing and it's not conducive to me to do a good job.

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.

I don't want to be solely a dramatic actor. It's such an important part of my quality of life to goof around and talk about my farts.

My solo stuff for live shows is very meandering. I write a lot of slower bits that give me room to improvise and play with a character.

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.

I've thought about my relationship to my body, my body dysmorphia, and what that means as someone who's like, 'Oh, I'm going to be on camera.' Sometimes it makes my body dysmorphia worse, but I've also tried to not let my mental illness rob the joy of getting to do something I've always wanted to do.

It's fun to gossip and stuff. But once it's millions of people - the scale of that, I think, is more damaging to the health of the people that are getting speculated about.

I love coverage. My ideal dress would be a turtleneck that goes all the way up to my chin, and then sleeves that go past my fingers. And then the dress goes all the way to the floor, and you see the very tips of my toes.

A lot of people tweet me things like, 'My 3-year-old son is trans and you inspire us.'

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.

I perform in spaces that are very inclusive and protective.

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.

'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.

It's really cool to read feedback. I'm trying not to engage too much, though, because I spiral out even if the reviews are, like... positive.

I'm sorry, I see everything in life as a song, so every word spoken is lyrics. If you're going to get to know me, that is something you have to be okay with.

That's just my journey in life, to be the most creative and successful and talented person that ever lived.

There's like a little bit of a narcissism - I think there's more than a little bit of narcissism about it, but it's just that you can become so anxious and self-obsessive about whether this thing that I'm writing is good; is this joke that I'm making good?

I don't think I ever want to just leave comedy and become a straight dramatic actor. But if the opportunity comes, I would love to be seen as universally talented in all trades.

I have a hard time describing myself as a standup comedian because I don't feel like I'm doing stand up jokes more than I am acting like a person who has a bad point of view.

There are very few moments in my life where I feel normalcy.

And I mean, I watched all of 'Friends' in college. I liked it growing up, and it's a very nostalgic show for me.