John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

There is a beauty and a special quality in being what I am. I know it, and I've learned how to use it.

I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

I love who I am.

My whole journey has been about self-acceptance.

I just want to be who I am, as I am.

There's something to be said for embracing who you are.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.

I want to tell everyone that no matter what's keeping them from being their authentic self to hold on to the hope that there will be an end to that road. There will be a life where they can live their true self.

I embrace who I am. I just want my child to do the same thing.

I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am.

I'm able to go out there, and I'm really able to be, like, unabashedly myself. And I want somebody who's young, who's struggling, who's not sure if it's OK if they are themselves to know that it's OK.

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

'Say It Loud' came from many, many small battles. From, 'I hate myself, and I hate this,' to, 'I love this, and it's my favorite thing...' to, 'This is the best thing in existence.'

I can be myself everywhere and be happy and confident and not feel that I am just what I do.

My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.

I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.