A biography for Patti Harrisonhasn’t been written yet.
“Not all representation is good representation. I would argue a lot of the marginalized representation in TV and media is off, because a lot of the gatekeepers are white straight cis people who mean well and they think meaning well is enough, and it's not.”
“There is this awkward discomfort when you're doing comedy on camera because people aren't allowed to laugh so that they can get a clean take and you're doing the same thing over and over again.”
“My mom is pretty unimpressed by everything. She loves black-and-white movies, and the only things she watches in color on T.V. are Judge Judy and Geico commercials because she loves the Geico gecko. I think it would mean something to her if I made it in a Geico commercial.”
“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 constantly draw attention to yourself, spend all day distracting everyone, and cost taxpayers millions of dollars, the perfect job for you isn't the military - it's the President of the United States.”
“The women that I worship all hit their stride in their 30s or 40s or after. And that's going to be for me, too.”
“There aren't a ton of trans people in general, so in any vocation there's probably not going to be a ton of trans people. So I've been thinking about what me doing stand-up or me doing comedy means in terms of representation.”
“For the most part, there's not a ton of out and working trans comedians, or people who are visible.”
“I like to make up my own lines and dress myself and act like myself and no other characters.”
“I feel like I'm just pretty - any time I have, like, a lot of emotions happening at one time, I just - everything gets really, like, muddy. Like, I feel just, like, in a haze or something.”
“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.”
“I have seen a billion rom-coms, but the majority I've been hate-watching on purpose, to laugh at them and not with them.”
“I literally never thought I would be playing a pregnant cis woman earnestly. I thought maybe I'd do that in a sketch or something.”
“There were times I had body dysmorphia issues.”
“Hopefully, we're moving toward a place where representation conversations won't have to happen so much because the playing field is more level.”
“My character was in 'Raya and the Last Dragon' for a second, but that's a win for all trans-kind.”
“And like, I think when I was 14, I was like, OK, I'm going to go to college. I'm going to get out of college when I'm, like, 21, 22, then I'm going to get married. Then, I'm going to, like, be, like, rock star-musician-scientist.”
“Improv is really fun but it's a lot harder to show people your work if they don't come to your show. Something about the energy doesn't transfer on tape.”
“I have a concealed carry, so I actually have a few guns that I keep. I keep them in my big, giant high-waisted fashion pants at all times, and I have two small pink pistols because I'm a woman.”
“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.”