It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained. — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air. — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective,… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
“I really wanted to show that it wasn’t all bad in my family. I tried so hard to think of happy times we all… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
“You know what I hate most of all in the whole wide world?...More than people who think that if you're bisexual it means you'll… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
