John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
You're on Facebook, and you're supposed to know your sexual orientation at 13... Nobody really knows what's going on at that time, and people seem to... know stuff, or they have to act like they do, and they make decisions before they really need to.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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Embrace your weirdness!
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am.
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'Do you always travel first-class, Mr. Hardman?' 'Yes, sir. The firm pays my travelling expenses.' He winked.
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I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.
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Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.
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You're on Facebook, and you're supposed to know your sexual orientation at 13... Nobody really knows what's going on at that time, and people seem to... know stuff, or they have to act like they do, and they make decisions before they really need to.
