I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
ALAN CUMMINGMost people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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In terms of the sort of class, and the sort of snobby, slightly on the back-foot thing Britain has. But it’s much more prevalent in America.
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Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don’t have an agenda. It’s more endearing and less piercing to your aura.
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It is actually important to do songs they’re familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I’ve changed people’s perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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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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I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
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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 had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I’m a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I’ve lived my life backwards.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?
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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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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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