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.
ALAN CUMMINGThere are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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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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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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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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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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Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.
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It just seems to me that it’s hypocritical for us as a culture to say, “Bullying is a terrible thing,” when really, they are just reflecting what the society is doing.
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Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you’ve done more dramatic projects or you’re classically trained.
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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 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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I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
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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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It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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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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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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