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?
ALAN CUMMINGIf the president of the country is not actually saying something, allowing equality to happen, how could you expect to counsel kids not to bully other kids?
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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Working with good people is always good.
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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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It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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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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I’m quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
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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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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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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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Be who you like as long as you mean it.
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I wouldn’t do my roles if I really hated it. I’ve done things I hated, but I didn’t go into them thinking I would hate them. I want to have fun. I don’t want to go to work and not enjoy it.
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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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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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There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
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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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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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