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You Quotes by Alan Cumming
- 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…
- I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when…
- 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…
- Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
- Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.
- 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…
- 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…
- There are some days when you don't feel like being Alan Cumming.
- Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.
- When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
- 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…
- 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…
- It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person…
- 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…
- 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 out…
- I think you can be as big as you like as long as you mean it. I really do.
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