John Cameron Mitchell

'Hedwig' is unabashedly analog.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I'm going to go wherever I'm needed.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I love British female directors lately.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I'd like to do some female roles again.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I never even had a MySpace.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Nature is a series of murders.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Anger is so constructive.

— John Cameron Mitchell

The best things happen in the dark.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I spent a lot of time with making sure everyone felt wanted.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I come from the theater, and there is a real collaborative history there.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Neil Patrick Harris is a superman of entertainment.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I feel like a goddamn hippie, I tell you.

— John Cameron Mitchell

There's something cool about being a stealth classic.

— John Cameron Mitchell

London is the English-speaking theatre capital.

— John Cameron Mitchell

There are a lot of silly projects out there.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Queerness isn't just Lady Gaga and overpriced drinks and fauxhawks. It's James Baldwin and Bea Arthur and Gertrude Stein and Gore Vidal.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I remember seeing a stage version of Plato's 'Symposium' and being really moved because it was written by a man rather than…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I did take comfort in the vespers and compline. I might have become a monk if I hadn't come out.

— John Cameron Mitchell

You can make serious pop, you know? There was a time when the best movies were the most popular, and I keep…

— John Cameron Mitchell

Nowadays, the term 'selling out' doesn't exist anymore because everyone is trying to make a living.

— John Cameron Mitchell

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a…

— John Cameron Mitchell

Isn't it funny - why is it called a tennis bracelet? It doesn't seem very tennis, does it?

— John Cameron Mitchell

I think as far as themes, 'Hedwig' is about what music meant to you as a kid and how rock n' roll…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I like making art that's useful to people who have a harder road. Art is a tool to get through it; it's…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I am just touched at how strongly the real Hed-heads feel. It feels different from other kinds of devotees; maybe it's the…

— John Cameron Mitchell

If you go for the money first and try to think of what other people want to see, you change your original…

— John Cameron Mitchell

My mom was a little weepy. My dad was very logical about it. Once they realized you can't change, they wanted to…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I have seen so few films in which the sex felt really respected by the filmmaker. Hollywood too often shies away from…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I actually came out the year that AIDS hit the front pages. So there was this mixed feeling about it - excitement…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I like the fact that it's like The Ramones. You just have to change your name, and you're a Ramone. You just…

— John Cameron Mitchell

“It is clear that I must find my other half. But is it a he or a she? What does this person…

— John Cameron Mitchell

Having been an actor in Hollywood for a certain amount of time, I always felt a pressure to be sort of a…

— John Cameron Mitchell

I love a good party.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I like all kinds of input.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I'm an honorary old Jewish lady of the West Village.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Getting the blood moving through your body does do wonders for your complexion.

— John Cameron Mitchell

The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Our feet are planted in the real world, but we dance with angels and ghosts.

— John Cameron Mitchell