John Cameron Mitchell Quotes
Isn't it funny - why is it called a tennis bracelet? It doesn't seem very tennis, does it?
John Cameron Mitchell
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I'm not interested in replicating 'Hedwig' like a virus.
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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.
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My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss.
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I certainly wanted Hedwig's world to be one where identification and categories are fluid, changing, and confusing, as they are, really, in life.
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I've seen things change and people forget: the history of Berlin, the history of queer struggle, the history of AIDS, the history of New York changing from an artistic powerhouse to more of a financial one now.
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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 trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.
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If you go for the money first and try to think of what other people want to see, you change your original inspiration and perhaps put out something that's less original and less personal and maybe less satisfying.
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I come from the theater, and there is a real collaborative history there.
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Nowadays, the term 'selling out' doesn't exist anymore because everyone is trying to make a living.
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If I wanted to make a lot of money with 'Hedwig,' I could have spent all my time on it. But that's boring.
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I thought, 'O.K., if I'm a valuable person and an independent entity, then I don't have to worry about what people think of me. I can reach out now.'
John Cameron Mitchell
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I like the fact that it's like The Ramones. You just have to change your name, and you're a Ramone. You just have to put the wig on, and you're Hedwig. Women have played it. Gay men, straight men, you know.
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