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 is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they? Alan Cumming Read Quote
My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that’s a good grounding for a balanced life. Alan Cumming Read Quote
With ‘Urban Secrets,’ I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Macbeth’ was the first play I ever read. In fact, I remember my brother Tom, who is six years older than me, coming home from school and telling me about it. He was the one that really got me going. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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 realize you have a choice and I’m choosing my homeland. It’s funny: when you get older these things creep up to you. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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. Alan Cumming Read Quote
