John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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My mom is awesome. She's really young. My mom is 40, and she raised me listening to Nirvana and Courtney Love and Coldplay, Gin Blossoms, The Cranberries, and stuff. Like, my early, early memories are of being a little kid running around in floral skirts and Doc Martens when I was, like, three.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.
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At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
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I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.
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Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty produce is profitable and jump into the mix.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
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It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated for some time now that it is an irksome faith to live by.
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To think in terms of what the effect of a story is going to be, as opposed to trying to discover its inner logic, is one of the fundamental dangers in the process.
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Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.
