I started to itch to do a play again and ‘Macbeth’ came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do it in a conventional way. A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me.
ALAN CUMMINGIt’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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So if I’m swirling around on some wires, talking to Fred Flintstone, I make it the funnest I can. I also want to be good at it. I don’t want to be a crap cartoon character. I want to be proud I’m a vitamin!
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Usually, there’s a story I’ve told that leads up to why I’m singing the song. The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs. The best way to do that was in a room with an audience and for people to listen to that.
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There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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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 always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?
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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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Be who you like as long as you mean it.
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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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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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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’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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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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It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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