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I’m quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

Alan Cumming

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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Most 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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For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don’t think you’re very good at it – which is rubbish. You’re missing out here.
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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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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
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I’m quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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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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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.
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