Scottish - Actor | January 27, 1965 -
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.
Alan Cumming
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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
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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 there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.
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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 anyone's tired, things get on top of them.
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I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.
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I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.
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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.
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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.
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A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.
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I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.
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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'
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