“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.” FashionIdentityRockstarsDrag QueenUniqueness Of IndividualComedy AbsurdHairstyle 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!” FashionDragCross 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?” American DreamDrag QueenUnhappy MarriageMarriage Of ConvenienceSacrifice For GainSoviet Occupation 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?” DoeHas BeensArtEndsSeemsSexEssentialsDisasterTreatedOddCinemaMainstream 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.” PeopleFilmSexFeltJokesNegativeHollywoodScaredConnectedFilmmaker 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.” HumansCountrySexCrushAddressesHidingInherentHuman ExperiencePerversionReluctance Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.” TroubleBiggerBudgets 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".” IfsKnowsImportantAuditionsSaying Thank YouGood 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.” IfsKnowsWantActorsPiecesComfortableSurpriseExcitedPartnersPuzzlesSurprise MePuzzle Piece Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“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.” PeopleKnowsMeanDoeSeemsEnjoyWonderEmpathyPsychopathNo Empathy 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.” FirstsSeemsTrumpInternet Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“I spent a lot of time with making sure everyone felt wanted.” WantedFelt Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary.” RevolutionaryBeckettChekhovIbsen Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“Kids' literature now is dystopian, you know.” KnowsKidsLiteratureDystopian 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.” TryingOur LivesFiguresPreparingLet It GoEarly Life Author:John Cameron Mitchell