John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.

I think in my late 20s, I was starting to enter that realm of complacency, which is the most terrifying place I can imagine as an artist. I felt time creeping up on me.

A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

The bottom line is, don't be a lifer. Get in, get a business, get five years of what you can, and get out. What happens is they start listening to the promoters, 'You'll get the next main event.' And then, all of a sudden, you become a lifer. That's the kiss of death there. Get in shape, go in, get the money, get out, and have a wonderful life.

I don't want to just make music as I want to be legendary. I understand it has to be commercial as I have to feed my family. I am in between these two marks and they are not many people in this space. I want my work to my valued even if my face is forgotten.

I think the main thing, you only get one career and you need to make the most money that you can, and any player will tell you that, you need to take care of yourself and look after yourself and your family and those around you.

I'm so honoured and excited to be working in the business at a time when it's truly progressing.

All filmmakers want the option to make another film, to have it not always be such an uphill battle - for it to be our life, our working life.

I wanted to set 'Heading Out' in a real world, a concept I originally struggled with, as I don't have a proper job.

I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it would end.

In Indian companies, people aren't too worried about the pace of growth as long as you're setting up a business which will survive for years.

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.

That's one of the problems in being a songwriter and living a long time. What you eventually end up doing is you start imitating yourself.

I wanted to make films, but the films being made in the 1990s were not my kind. I couldn't break in, and even if I did manage to get a foothold, I didn't know what I would make.

My personal challenge as an artist has been having a day job which is intellectually satisfying and fun - and thus can easily supplant the desire to make art.

Some people unfortunately don't enjoy what they do at all for a living or whatever. That is unfortunate. We do always enjoy playing music.

I wanted to understand the business side of entertainment, and that's why I decided to complete my MBA while I was in Delhi.

I took a long time after 'Curious' to find something I really wanted to do.

In order to maintain your longevity, you have to know the business. It's not about just rapping and performing.

Music has given me a decent pension. I am in that rare position for a clergyman of having some provision for my retirement. Thank you, young people of Europe.

Snowboarding is a huge part of my life, but I also feel like it's important to have a plan B or a back-up plan for after my career because I can't snowboard for my whole life competitively.

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.