John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

I want to go out on my terms.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

I didn't follow anybody's advice, really.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots myself.

It makes it a lot easier when you can make your own decisions.

I do what I want to do.

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I don't have anybody telling me what to do.

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

I feel I'm entitled to make my own decision.

Artie is going to do what ever Artie wants to do.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.