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.
ALAN CUMMINGPerforming a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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I started to itch to do a play again and ‘Macbeth’ came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do it in a conventional way. A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
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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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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 about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message.
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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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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
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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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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it’s a struggle sustaining that, because there’s such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.
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I’d been depressed before, of course. But I’m talking about really depressed. Not just feeling a bit down or sad, a depression that has something to do with biorhythms. I’m talking about the kind of depressed that floats in upon you like a fog.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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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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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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