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You can feel it coming and you can see where it is going to take you but you are powerless, utterly powerless to stop it. I know now.

Alan Cumming

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.
ALAN CUMMING

Again Came Itch Mind Start Surface
If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people’s songs, you’re asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it’s a song they know very well.
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Ask Cabaret Different Listen Mostly People Rethink Sing Song
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
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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Agenda Come Genious Kid More Talk Up Want
Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
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Actual Bother Do Fast Got Kind Over Work
It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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Director Film Interest Other Rare Really Themselves Thing
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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Call Drama First Kid Let School See Show Year
I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
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Air Dumpster Get Love Squish
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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After Can Do Exhaust Film Hour Long Perspective Really Thing While Work
I’m not a fan of Twitter.
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Fan Twitter
It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.
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Another Feel Felt Hard Like One Outsider Time
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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Comedy Like More Tragedy Universal
I’m quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
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Feel Ease Good Make Myself Quite Say Stranger
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
You should *have* an experience; it shouldn’t just *be* an experience.
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Experience Have Should
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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Always Certain End Film Go Know Knowledge Play Story Theatre Thing

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