Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He’s hardcore to play because he’s displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens. Alan Cumming Read Quote
A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn’t interest me. Alan Cumming Read Quote
Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting. Alan Cumming Read Quote
So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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 theater. And it’s very different. Alan Cumming Read Quote
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 that you know where the story’s going to end and how it’s going to go. But on television nobody knows what’s going to happen, even the writers. Alan Cumming Read Quote
Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety’s not my forte. Alan Cumming Read Quote
