It’s exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you’ve got to up your game.
ALAN CUMMINGFinally, 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.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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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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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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Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.
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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.
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I don’t feel I’m a compulsive person. I multitask. I’m really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.
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You’ll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.
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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
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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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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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