"I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy."
"Even now, for women to be contemplating the act of ending their life is considered horrific because they are the giver of life. They're seen in a patriarchal society as the one who offers life and has to nurture a child and have a child within them. That's your only role."
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Source: Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.
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