I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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More Alan Cumming Quotes
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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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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 actually find in America, there’s a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn fare. That always intrigues me, because that doesn’t exist in the same way in Britain. And I imagine it would be worse.
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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 don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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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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Be who you like as long as you mean it.
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I was so scared of going back to the theatre after Hamlet. I didn’t know if I’d do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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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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I’m Scottish first, and it’s odd to hear that I’m a Scottish-American.
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There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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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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Some things are just really difficult to do. That’s what I find hard. 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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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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