When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
ALAN CUMMINGFinally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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He … knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
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It’s interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That’s what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I’m slightly setting up the audience that there’s a bit of fun involved, as well.
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It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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In terms of the sort of class, and the sort of snobby, slightly on the back-foot thing Britain has. But it’s much more prevalent in America.
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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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I’m Scottish first, and it’s odd to hear that I’m a Scottish-American.
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If they’re not seeing that their society sees gay people as equals, how could you tell them what they’re doing is wrong?
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Actors aren’t stupid, mostly, and if there’s a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director’s going for, if you’re aware of that too, you can do things to help that.
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With all this stuff going on, with the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and things like that, we are second-class citizens, definitely.
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It is actually important to do songs they’re familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I’ve changed people’s perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.
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