I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
ALAN CUMMINGMost people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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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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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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It’s exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you’ve got to up your game.
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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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Finally, 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.
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I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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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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You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, “Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace.” Then you’re able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that’s been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.
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I was so scared of going back to the theatre after Hamlet. I didn’t know if I’d do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it.
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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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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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I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
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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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