John Cameron Mitchell Quotes

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

I've kinda been an off-Broadway sensation. There aren't a lot of lights or big marquees around my name or my work, yet my core audience knows exactly where I am.

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn.

To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well.

I'm comedy's forgotten nearly man.

Bear Valley is the hidden treasure of the Sierra.

I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing.

The Jumble Shop would be one place where we'd sometimes accumulate down in the Village. I think it might be just a place that's unknown that was right around the corner from wherever it was that we met.

Unlike many other places, Hilo is more fascinating on closer acquaintance - so fascinating that it is hard to write about it in plain prose.

The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish silliness. It wasn't considered something of great cultural caliber. But like many cult pieces, it sort of became something culturally relevant, which I think is what's so wonderful about it.

Justin Smith was one of the most underrated players in the NFL for what he did. He would sacrifice and do the dirty work, then someone else would clean up off it.

'Beatriz' has been a slow burn; people are still finding the movie. It's actually similar to the first few years of 'Friday Night Lights.'

I've known Russell Allen for over a decade now, and I've always thought he was a very underrated singer. He has one of the best voices in the business I've ever heard.

We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.

I've always felt that 'Dope' is a big movie in a little package.

You could drive past it without noticing and from what I understand, you ought to.

I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

Nigeria is one of the best-kept secrets.

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

[Gigi Does It show] flew so drastically under the radar. I kind of hold it in my back pocket as this thing that I got the opportunity to do that no one really knows I did and that I'm really proud of.