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Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.

Alan Cumming

You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, “Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace.” Then you’re able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that’s been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.
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Able Groundwork Peace Push Really Talk Think
There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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Bring Cuming Feel Same Day
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.
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Again Came Itch Mind Start Surface
Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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Anything Eyes Know Most Own People Two
I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
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Air Dumpster Get Love Squish
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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Always Earth Lesbian Life Little Gay Open
I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
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Category Into People Put Themselves Think
Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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Drop Favor Life Out People Sometimes
Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.
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Challenge Daunt Good Once Real While Yourself
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story’s going to end and how it’s going to go. But on television nobody knows what’s going to happen, even the writers.
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Always Certain End Film Go Know Knowledge Play Story Theatre Thing
When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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Adult Grow Person Pretty Quickly Scare
Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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Book Ever First Macbeth Play Raed
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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Call Drama First Kid Let School See Show Year
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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Come Feel Go Powerless Stop Take Utterly
I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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Author Country Intimidate More Much Think
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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Comedy Like More Tragedy Universal

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