I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
ALAN CUMMINGKids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don’t have an agenda. It’s more endearing and less piercing to your aura.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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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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It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.
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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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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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It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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You can feel it coming and you can see where it is going to take you but you are powerless, utterly powerless to stop it. I know now.
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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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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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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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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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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.
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