Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.
ALAN CUMMINGI don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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I’d been depressed before, of course. But I’m talking about really depressed. Not just feeling a bit down or sad, a depression that has something to do with biorhythms. I’m talking about the kind of depressed that floats in upon you like a fog.
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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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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
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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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I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I’m choosing my homeland. It’s funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.
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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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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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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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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 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 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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When you’re on TV, you come into people’s homes. In theater and film, they go to you – to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it’s very different.
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