Alan Cumming Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.”

“I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.”

“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 do things to help that.”

“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 here.”

“Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.”

“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.”

“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.”