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I’m Scottish first, and it’s odd to hear that I’m a Scottish-American.

Alan Cumming

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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Actual Cabaret Connect Done Especial Found People Show Way
Be who you like as long as you mean it.
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Be Live Long Mean
My feeling about work is it’s much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.
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Do End Experience Feel Product Work
My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that’s a good grounding for a balanced life.
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Always Dad Mom Precious Told Worthless
If they’re not seeing that their society sees gay people as equals, how could you tell them what they’re doing is wrong?
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Equal Gay People See Society Wrong
Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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Drop Favor Life Out People Sometimes
I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.
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Actor Closet Horrify People
It’s about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message.
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Exist Horrible Idea Important Message Person Work World
There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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Bring Cuming Feel Same Day
You should *have* an experience; it shouldn’t just *be* an experience.
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Experience Have Should
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don’t think you’re very good at it – which is rubbish. You’re missing out here.
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Country Example Good Reluctant Rubbish Seen Take Think Writer
It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.
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Actual Commitment Ethos Good Mostly Okay Openness Quite Truth Unknown
Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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Cinema Film Home People Television Temple Theatre
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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Actor Aesthetic Director Gone Mostly Sensible Stupid
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
I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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