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.
ALAN CUMMINGHe … knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
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Be who you like as long as you mean it.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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If the president of the country is not actually saying something, allowing equality to happen, how could you expect to counsel kids not to bully other kids?
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Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you’ve done more dramatic projects or you’re classically trained.
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There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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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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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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He … knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
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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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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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Actors aren’t stupid, mostly, and if there’s a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director’s going for, if you’re aware of that too, you can do things to help that.
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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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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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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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