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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.

Alan Cumming

It’s interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That’s what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I’m slightly setting up the audience that there’s a bit of fun involved, as well.
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Emotional Get Heart Interest Mean Sappy Sentimental Something
With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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Around Chat Idea Like People Really Street Urban Winder
So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
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Aids Country Expert Free Generation Mother Positive Think Yera
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 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 like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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Comedy Like More Tragedy Universal
You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone’s tired, things get on top of them.
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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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Arm Battle Blood Come Form Fresh Interest People Sweet
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.
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Challenge Feel Greatest Like Man One Perform
I don’t feel I’m a compulsive person. I multitask. I’m really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.
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Compulsive Feel Multitask Person
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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Excite Feel Game Good Like People Really Some
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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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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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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Director Film Interest Other Rare Really Themselves Thing
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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