John Cameron Mitchell

Quotes by John Cameron Mitchell

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Film director · American · 1963

American film director (born 1963)

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“Anger is so constructive.”

“There's something cool about being a stealth classic.”

“Humor without sadness underneath it feels cheap and aggressive.”

“In rock and roll, homosexuality was accepted, but it was less cool to say it.”

“It's cool when frat boys say, 'Yeah, 'Hedwig!' I'd like to see that same thing happen with 'Shortbus.'”

“The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.”

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“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!”
— John Cameron Mitchell
cross-dressing drag fashion

“There's something cool about being a stealth classic.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Classic Something Being

“In rock and roll, homosexuality was accepted, but it was less cool to say it.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Rock And Roll Rock Say

“Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance, it was about freedom of the individual, which was freedom to be greedy....”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Family Freedom Money

“It's cool when frat boys say, 'Yeah, 'Hedwig!' I'd like to see that same thing happen with 'Shortbus.'”
— John Cameron Mitchell
See Say Same

“My mom was a little weepy. My dad was very logical about it. Once they realized you can't change, they wanted to know that you can be happy and be gay. Once they realized that, they were very cool ...”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Change Happy Mom

“Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good t...”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Life Good Car

“The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Myself Me Finding

“Anger is so constructive.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Constructive

“Humor without sadness underneath it feels cheap and aggressive.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
Sadness Cheap Without