There's nothing more Broadway than 'Hedwig.' It's very family-friendly. There's innuendo and stuff, but not more than you'd see on TV. — John Cameron Mitchell Broadway Copy Share Image
I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building. — John Cameron Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss. — John Cameron Mitchell Abyss Copy Share Image
My favorite model of success is when people say, 'Nobody bought that first Velvet Underground album, but everyone who did started a… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there. — John Cameron Mitchell Catholic Copy Share Image
'Hedwig' isn't particularly based on me, but I think that it is autobiographical in terms of emotion. — John Cameron Mitchell Autobiographical Copy Share Image
The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and… — John Cameron Mitchell Compassion Copy Share Image
I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a… — John Cameron Mitchell Drag queen Copy Share Image
Nothing is a calling card. Everything is what you do. If you do it in order to get somewhere else, you're not… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story which has to do with the… — John Cameron Mitchell Life Copy Share Image
I've obviously always been aware of actor-oriented films, being an actor. Altman and Cassavetes were really strong. And then I realized their… — John Cameron Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
The think that we hung the film version all on was 'Hedwig' on tour. On stage, it's one theatre, one show. It… — John Cameron Mitchell Change Copy Share Image
'Hedwig' was pretty much all the things I wanted to do that other people said I probably shouldn't do: drag, punk rock,… — John Cameron Mitchell Comedy Copy Share Image
Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in… — John Cameron Mitchell Adventure Copy Share Image
'Hedwig' is not autobiographical, but what she goes through is clearly a big metaphor. She doesn't want to be what she is,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I always wonder about psychopaths, just because they have no empathy, does that necessarily mean they enjoy being cruel? Because we all… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I don't regret anything, because I feel better every year, and if I'd done something different, maybe I wouldn't. I'm more of… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
New York is so unique, and you are not always encouraged to consider the people in the city your neighbors because of… — John Cameron Mitchell Anonymity Copy Share Image
I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was can have a… — John Cameron Mitchell Experience Copy Share Image
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists. — John Cameron Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
It's cool when frat boys say, 'Yeah, 'Hedwig!' I'd like to see that same thing happen with 'Shortbus.' — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I really want as many people as possible to relate to something, without compromising or dumbing down. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Drag is a little scary, especially for a gay man who's not comfortable with his feminine side. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Hedwig' was born in '94. I was thinking of a theater piece; Hedwig was one of the characters. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
As you get older, you treasure the beautiful things of the past but also see things more clearly. — John Cameron Mitchell Beautiful Copy Share Image
It's the weird thing that actors do: You jumped across that building because the scene required it. — John Cameron Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I sometimes buy albums that I don't like now, but that I know I will like. Coming out was the same thing.… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I've seen things change and people forget: the history of Berlin, the history of queer struggle, the history of AIDS, the history… — John Cameron Mitchell Change Copy Share Image
Bob Fosse, even though he wasn't gay. He was certainly queer and had a huge effect on the 'Hedwig' film, as did… — John Cameron Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Acceptance and assimilation, you know, breeds mediocrity and perhaps an even more sheep-like conformism in terms of what kind of music you're… — John Cameron Mitchell Acceptance Copy Share Image
“I put on some make-up, turn on the 8-track, and I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf - suddenly I'm Miss… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I always think that in some way, art is the best tool we have to prepare for death. It's like a sculpture… — John Cameron Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know,… — John Cameron Mitchell Actors Copy Share Image
It's just odd that something as essential in life as sex has been flattened out in mainstream cinema - and in art… — John Cameron Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country... The true perversion… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Obviously, when you get into larger budgets, you have less of that freedom, and I just - I'm not a person that… — John Cameron Mitchell Film Copy Share Image
I think I was scared of the drag thing, as a lot of gay boys are. It's sort of knocked out of… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
