John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

Queerness isn't just Lady Gaga and overpriced drinks and fauxhawks. It's James Baldwin and Bea Arthur and Gertrude Stein and Gore Vidal.

John Cameron Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 21, 1963

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LadyJustDrinksGagaLady Gaga

It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.

John C. Reilly

WorkQualityPeopleControlThink

I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'

John Updike

MyselfMoneyStoryThinkSaidNow

In India, we are forced to choose our specialisation very early, whereas in some other countries, this can be done much later in life. While the British have abandoned this approach, we in India seem to be struggling with the old British system of education.

Anand Mahindra

LifeEducationChooseEarlyIndia

I had the great fortune to work with John Houseman at Juilliard.

Stephen Henderson

WorkGreatFortuneJuilliardHad

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

Rosie O'Donnell

StupidWeekYouSayPointGoing

Sketching is like dancing. It's process as much as product. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now. Doing a giant, super thought-out painting is the opposite of that.

Molly Crabapple

PaintingProcessDoingYouNowTurn

I'm not a stereotypically beautiful woman, and I'm so happy that I'm not. I've seen those ladies - the need to be attractive at all times is ghastly. Also, in your twenties, if you are beautiful, everything comes to you, so you never need to develop a personality. I never had that problem.

Miranda Hart

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There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

GoodPressureShowRegardless

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

TechnologyMagicAnyAdvanced

We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.

Suze Orman

FocusFinancialPictureSecurityBig

The Green Party represents that majority point of view within the U.S.

Peter Camejo

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I'm a total slave to a good story.

Paul Sparks

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