Mario Cantone Quotes

• In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.

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  Religious, Gay, Years

  "Mario Cantone on His First San Francisco Stint" by Greg Archer, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 6, 2010.

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• Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

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  Looks, Good Things, Used

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• I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

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  Mean, Thinking, Deals

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• Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.

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  Barbie, Stage

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• Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

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  Thinking, Gambling, Long

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• I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.

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  Believe, Believe In Me, Moody

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• I knew the full 'Judy Garland Carnegie Hall' double album set at age 2. And then my mother wondered why I was gay. I was like, 'Are you nuts? You would make me get on the table to sing Judy Garland songs and you're upset?

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  Mother, Song, Gay

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• I love animation, I really do, but I don't do it for the children.

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  Children, Animation

  "Mario Cantone Interview - SURF'S UP" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 5, 2007.

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• I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out.

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  Book, Scripts, Print

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• I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?

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  Kings, Two, Musical

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• Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

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  Gay, Upset, Black

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• I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.

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  Rude, Crass, Obnoxious

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• I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.

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  Acting, Littles, Holding On

  "Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock". Interview with Rod Stafford Hagwood, articles.sun-sentinel.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day.

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  Reality, People, Cameras

  "Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock". Interview with Rod Stafford Hagwood, articles.sun-sentinel.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I hated high school. Ugh. I couldn't wait until it was over so I could sleep in. In college, I made sure all my classes were in the afternoon. I hated getting up in the morning.

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  Morning, School, Sleep

  "Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock". Interview with Rod Stafford Hagwood, www.sun-sentinel.com. October 10, 2012.

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