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John Cameron Mitchell, born on April 21, 1963, is a talented American actor. He has made a name for himself in both film and theater with his unique acting style and diverse role choices.

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Famous John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

“How's my hair? Is there trouble in the west wing? (Refers to large curls.) These are actually my lungs. My Aquanet lungs. They kick in on the high notes.”

Fashion Identity Rockstars Drag Queen Uniqueness Of Individual Comedy Absurd Hairstyle

Book:Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Source: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“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 Punk Rock Star of Stage and Screen and I ain't ever turning back!”

Fashion Drag Cross Dressing

Book:Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Source: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“I said to him, "Krystal, to walk away you gotta leave something behind. I'll marry you on the condition that a wig never touch your head again." He agreed and we've been inseparable ever since. And we'll continue to be. Right, Yitzhak?”

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Book:Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Source: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“It's just odd that something as essential in life as sex has been flattened out in mainstream cinema - and in art cinema. Even in art movies, sex always seems to be treated negatively. Why does it always end in disaster?”

Doe Has Beens Art Ends Seems Sex Essentials Disaster Treated Odd Cinema Mainstream

Author: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 it or makes adolescent jokes about it... Sex is only connected to the negative because people are scared of it.”

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Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country... The true perversion to me is crushing it and hiding it.”

Humans Country Sex Crush Addresses Hiding Inherent Human Experience Perversion Reluctance

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.”

Trouble Bigger Budgets

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“I know what it's like to audition, so it's important that everybody who auditions, even if I know right off they're not right for it, has a good experience. So I'll never just have someone do one pass at it and say "Thank you".”

Ifs Knows Important Auditions Saying Thank You Good Experiences

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“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, and it's what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to be excited and I want them to surprise me. I don't want them to be puzzle pieces.”

Ifs Knows Want Actors Pieces Comfortable Surprise Excited Partners Puzzles Surprise Me Puzzle Piece

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“I feel like a goddamn hippie, I tell you.”

Feels Hippie

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“I love when a director says, "I don't know."”

Knows Directors

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“I love British female directors lately.”

Directors Female British

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“Nature is a series of murders.”

Murder Series

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“I always wonder about psychopaths, just because they have no empathy, does that necessarily mean they enjoy being cruel? Because we all know people who seem to have no empathy that we work with; they're not necessarily cruel.”

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Author: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 bullhorn.”

Firsts Seems Trump Internet

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

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

Needed

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

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

Wanted Felt

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary.”

Revolutionary Beckett Chekhov Ibsen

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“Kids' literature now is dystopian, you know.”

Knows Kids Literature Dystopian

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

“We spend so much of our early lives trying to figure out who we really are. And we spend the rest of our lives preparing ourselves to let it go.”

Trying Our Lives Figures Preparing Let It Go Early Life

Author:John Cameron Mitchell

About the Author

Born: April 21, 1963
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 20

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