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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-think-directing-in-a-team-is-a-really-good-idea-because-it-stops/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

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## More by Alan Cumming

> [Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/finally-the-scariest-thing-about-abuse-of-any-shape-or-form-is-in-my/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/sometimes-with-people-i-know-they-re-playing-the-hunky-action-guy-and/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [I'm not a fan of Twitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-m-not-a-fan-of-twitter/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-don-t-feel-i-m-a-compulsive-person-i-multitask-i-m-really-well/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/for-example-americans-seem-reluctant-to-take-on-shakespeare-because/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/it-s-exciting-to-be-with-really-really-good-people-some-people-make/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-really-wanted-to-show-that-it-wasn-t-all-bad-in-my-family-i-tried/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/my-feeling-about-work-is-it-s-much-more-about-the-experience-of-doing/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/it-s-interesting-for-me-sappy-means-sentimental-and-something-that/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/if-you-are-a-cabaret-artist-and-you-are-mostly-singing-other-people-s/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/you-know-what-i-hate-most-of-all-in-the-whole-wide-world-more-than/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-usually-can-find-a-way-to-do-a-character-to-make-it-real-and-work/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/a-sweaty-macbeth-with-blood-on-his-arms-coming-in-fresh-from-the/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> ['Macbeth' was the first play I ever read. In fact, I remember my brother Tom, who is six years older than me, coming home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/macbeth-was-the-first-play-i-ever-read-in-fact-i-remember-my-brother/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

> [Usually, there's a story I've told that leads up to why I'm singing the song. The whole concept of the show was about being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/usually-there-s-a-story-i-ve-told-that-leads-up-to-why-i-m-singing/)

[Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/)

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