I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
ALAN CUMMINGIt’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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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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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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Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, “I could sing that song. I’ve got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs.
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I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
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You should *have* an experience; it shouldn’t just *be* an experience.
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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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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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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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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 like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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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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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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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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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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