So if I’m swirling around on some wires, talking to Fred Flintstone, I make it the funnest I can. I also want to be good at it. I don’t want to be a crap cartoon character. I want to be proud I’m a vitamin!
ALAN CUMMINGWith Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
More Alan Cumming Quotes
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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.
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It’s interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That’s what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I’m slightly setting up the audience that there’s a bit of fun involved, as well.
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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.
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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
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I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
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I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they’re so universal.
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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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Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety’s not my forte.
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When there’s an adult person who’s scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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It’s hardly ever done, compared to how often it’s done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company – I said, “You never do Shakespeare.” And he said, “Yes, we’re not very good at it.” And I thought, “What a terrible thing to say.”.
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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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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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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids’ show called ‘Let’s See.
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Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He’s hardcore to play because he’s displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.
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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.
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