John Cameron Mitchell
Birthday: 21 April 1963, El Paso, Texas, USA
John Cameron Mitchell was born on April 21, 1963 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Shortbus (2006) and Rabbit Hole (2010).
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this countr...Show more »
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country. ... The true perversion to me is crushing it and hiding it. Show less «
I know what it's like to audition, so it's important that everybody who auditions, even if I know ri...Show more »
I know what it's like to audition, so it's important that everybody who auditions, even if I know right off they're not right for it, has a good experience. So I'll never just have someone do one pass at it and say "Thank you". Show less «
The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.
The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.
Unconsciously, it may have been a prophylactic against having to use stars. It was a way to avoid wa...Show more »
Unconsciously, it may have been a prophylactic against having to use stars. It was a way to avoid waiting four to five months for them to read or not read the script. Their agents are not saying 'Read it.' I didn't have to run through the street finding the star. ... To me it's not worth it. I'd rather not do the movie. [on using stars in his movies] Show less «
I have seen so few films in which the sex felt really respected by the filmmaker. Hollywood too ofte...Show more »
I have seen so few films in which the sex felt really respected by the filmmaker. Hollywood too often shies away from it or makes adolescent jokes about it. ... Sex is only connected to the negative because people are scared of it. Show less «
I think I lost my faith in the kind of God that I was taught existed when my brother died. It kind o...Show more »
I think I lost my faith in the kind of God that I was taught existed when my brother died. It kind of didn't make sense after that. I dedicate the film [Rabbit Hole] to him and to my boyfriend who died in 2004. Show less «
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I starte...Show more »
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know, and it's what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to be excited and I want them to surprise me. I don't want them to be puzzle pieces. Show less «
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...