Nowadays people don’t know how to handle it if all the ends aren’t tied up and they’re not told what to think in films. And if they’re challenged, they think it’s something wrong with the film.
ALAN CUMMINGIf they’re not seeing that their society sees gay people as equals, how could you tell them what they’re doing is wrong?
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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Working with good people is always good.
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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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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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I’m Scottish first, and it’s odd to hear that I’m a Scottish-American.
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I wouldn’t do my roles if I really hated it. I’ve done things I hated, but I didn’t go into them thinking I would hate them. I want to have fun. I don’t want to go to work and not enjoy it.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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I’m quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
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Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety’s not my forte.
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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 think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
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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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I’ve actually found – especially doing my cabaret show – I’m connecting with people in a way I haven’t connected with them. I’ve found that when you’re open and honest, people respond to that, whatever you’re being open and honest about.
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Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He’s hardcore to play because he’s displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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