Actors Quote by Alan Cumming Download Open image “I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.” — Alan Cumming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actors American I think Intimidated More Much Theatre Think Thinking
I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain's culture is American culture, too. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor,… — Zoe Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in their heritage. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed,… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were thought to… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play. — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
There's been a kind of inverse snobbery about culture. I get the feeling some people would look at Shakespeare and say, that's a bit… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Period dramas seem to take actors to the next level because they do so well in America. — Tuppence Middleton 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
Women still, when they have breast cancer, go to work; they still lead their lives. They have to. I just did what I was supposed to do. I didn't want to exploit it or be too "actory" about it, if that makes any sense. That's also why I didn't shave my head; I feel like you have to earn that.… — Monica Potter Copy Share
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's… — Kangana Ranaut Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. — Will Smith Copy Share Image
American actors are coy. We all have pricks and cunts, or are you different from the rest of us? — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a firsthand account… — Ric Roman Waugh Copy Share Image
