He … knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
ALAN CUMMING
I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
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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 really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that’s a good grounding for a balanced life.
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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?
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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 had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I’m a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I’ve lived my life backwards.
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Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
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If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people’s songs, you’re asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it’s a song they know very well.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think it’s interesting that there’s this gaping hole in the repertoire in the American theater, which is Shakespeare.
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Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety’s not my forte.
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When you’re on TV, you come into people’s homes. In theater and film, they go to you – to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it’s very different.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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