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In my first year at drama sch...

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

I don't feel I'm a compulsive...

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.

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

It is not hard to feel like a...

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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When there's an adult person ...

When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.

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Sometimes with people I know,...

Sometimes with people I know, they're playing the hunky action guy and there's resistance to them coming out because it's so connected to straight masculinity. There's a plastic kind of movie star who has a very short shelf with very small kind of ambition. I see that but I still don't agree with it.

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

The thing with film and theat...

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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Romeo is the most misundersto...

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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You'll see Dame Judi Dench in...

You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.

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You do get really exhausted d...

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.

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

I like the tragedies way more...

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

Actors aren't stupid, mostly,...

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 usually can find a way to d...

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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Actually I like working kind ...

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

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My feeling about work is it's...

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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When you're on TV, you come i...

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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I started to itch to do a pla...

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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Kids are more genuine. When t...

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.

Alan Cumming 69 quotes

So the experts think we could...

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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I think directing in a team i...

I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.

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I'm Scottish first, and it's ...

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

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