103 Quotes by John Cameron Mitchell

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

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.

I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least a rock star: He was radical and kind of punk rock.

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.

'Hedwig' was born in '94. I was thinking of a theater piece; Hedwig was one of the characters.

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.

Oftentimes, experiencing tragedy very young can strangely give you a kind of equilibrium.

I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.

I went to a very small Catholic school. It wasn't an easy place to be growing up gay.