Alan Cumming Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterBeginningThinkLiterature

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

Joe Mantello

GoodIdeasThinkNothingSeeOffer

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

Joe Eszterhas

CountryTroubleStillSixCameHad

Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.

John Breaux

HopePoliticsTeamStartThinking

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation.

Andrew Greeley

GoodSupportGenerationDataNews

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

Robbie Lawler

DaySucceedWorldYouChoiceGrind

I have been a lot of 'firsts' on the national political stage, including the first African American congressman from the Bay Area and one of the first Democratic Socialists in Congress.

Ron Dellums

AmericanPoliticalCongressFirst

Just when you think you've got your kids figured out, they change on you. For somebody who's controlling, you can't control it. Of course, I don't think I'm controlling, but that's what I've been told!

Michelle Pfeiffer

ChangeControlThinkYouOutKids

An angel of God never has wings.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

GodAngelWingsNever

If I really don't feel like it, I'll change my plans and choose to be with my baby. If that moment makes me happier, I think that's more important.

Doutzen Kroes

ChangeMomentMeBabyThinkChoose

When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves - the misfits.

Chris Pine

PeopleBetterFeelUncomfortableYou

I ended up on 'Heroes' because I auditioned for the part like everybody else, but the writers were writing the role of Daphne, which was originally called Joy.

Brea Grant

JoyWritingHeroesUpBecauseRole

You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.

Bob Dylan

JobYourselfTomorrowWorldFaceGo

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