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" Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling. "

John Cameron Mitchell

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" Acceptance and assimilation, you know, breeds mediocrity and perhaps an even more sheep-like conformism in terms of what kind of music you're supposed to listen to if you're gay... What are you supposed to look like? What's your body supposed to look like? "

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" After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times. "

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" Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life. "

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" People know what 'Hedwig' is now, and that's wonderful. It's not the same as being swamped for being on 'The Big Bang Theory,' but it's much more comfortable. "

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