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John Cameron Mitchell

John Cameron Mitchell

American Actor

Born: Apr 21, 1963

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Our feet are planted in the real world, but we dance with angels and ghosts. John Cameron Mitchell

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I am just touched at how strongly the real Hed-heads feel. It feels different from other kinds of devotees; maybe it's the way I felt with certain bands when I was a kid. It feels like a band more than a play. John Cameron Mitchell

I never even had a MySpace. John Cameron Mitchell

Myspace Never Had Even

After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times. John Cameron Mitchell

First Couple Hamlet Times Offered After Interestingly Play

My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss. John Cameron Mitchell

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Neil Patrick Harris is a superman of entertainment. John Cameron Mitchell

Entertainment Superman Harris Neil

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. John Cameron Mitchell

I quickly found that I didn't really fit into 'gay culture,' as identified by many gay people, and that it can be just as confining as straight culture, not least in the way that bisexual people are told that 'they can't make up their mind.' John Cameron Mitchell

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Anger is so constructive. John Cameron Mitchell

Anger Constructive

The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists. John Cameron Mitchell

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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. John Cameron Mitchell

I don't like being choreographed to a T. I like to take steps and make them my own. John Cameron Mitchell

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I'd like to do some female roles again. John Cameron Mitchell

Some Like Female Roles Again

Drag wasn't really on Broadway. It was considered low-class. John Cameron Mitchell

Considered Broadway Really Drag

If I wanted to make a lot of money with 'Hedwig,' I could have spent all my time on it. But that's boring. John Cameron Mitchell

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I'm not interested in replicating 'Hedwig' like a virus. John Cameron Mitchell

Virus Like Not Interested Interested

I studied meditation, knowing it would be a huge new calming skill. John Cameron Mitchell

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Getting the blood moving through your body does do wonders for your complexion. John Cameron Mitchell

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I like all kinds of input. John Cameron Mitchell

Input Kinds Like

I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future. John Cameron Mitchell

Future Propensity Weird Know Going Happen

I sometimes buy albums that I don't like now, but that I know I will like. Coming out was the same thing. In high school, I thought, 'I know I'm going to have to deal with this, but I'm not confident enough now.' But when I finally did, my whole life changed. John Cameron Mitchell

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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 about it. John Cameron Mitchell

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I think it helped me like myself more, playing Hedwig. John Cameron Mitchell

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