Alan Cumming Quotes

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.

Alan Cumming

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 27, 1965

Topics

LifeMeMy LifeNowBoyBackwards

I can sleep anywhere. I can fall asleep standing up, literally anywhere.

Jenna Ushkowitz

SleepFallI CanUpStandingAsleep

I don't actually go to that many concerts.

Andy Murray

GoConcertsManyActually

The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.

Amar'e Stoudemire

ReligionI AmMeNationJewishFact

Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power.

Steve Bannon

GoodPowerDarknessSatanCheney

I'm rather uncomfortable with celebrity, to be honest.

Stockard Channing

UncomfortableCelebrityHonestRather

Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.

Travis Barker

GoodTooReallyDescendantsBill

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

Roddy Doyle

ExperienceWordsStoryYouPersonal

Learning to read, for the brain, is a lot like an amateur ringmaster first learning how to organise a three-ring circus. He wants to begin individually and then synchronise all the performances. It only happens after all the separate acts are learned and practised long and well.

Maryanne Wolf

LearningBrainLongCircusFirst

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

Judy Collins

StrongerYouTellGoneSomething

When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me.

Joseph Wapner

OpportunityPeopleMeLawImportant

I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means.

Janos Kadar

MyselfIdeasSocialismSelfishParty

Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and part of it is violent, and I'd rather it be out than in.

Cornelia Parker

LifeWorkViolenceYouOutRather

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