If the president of the country is not actually saying something, allowing equality to happen, how could you expect to counsel kids not to bully other kids?
ALAN CUMMINGIt’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story’s going to end and how it’s going to go. But on television nobody knows what’s going to happen, even the writers.
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It’s hardly ever done, compared to how often it’s done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company – I said, “You never do Shakespeare.” And he said, “Yes, we’re not very good at it.” And I thought, “What a terrible thing to say.”.
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You should *have* an experience; it shouldn’t just *be* an experience.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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Working with good people is always good.
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I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I’m choosing my homeland. It’s funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.
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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
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I’m Scottish first, and it’s odd to hear that I’m a Scottish-American.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I’ve been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn’t change anything. I’m happy with who I am!
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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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I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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I wouldn’t do my roles if I really hated it. I’ve done things I hated, but I didn’t go into them thinking I would hate them. I want to have fun. I don’t want to go to work and not enjoy it.
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