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It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?

~Alan Cumming

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With 'Urban Secrets,' I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.

~Alan Cumming

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Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what to think in films. And if they're challenged, they think it's something wrong with the film.

~Alan Cumming

Topics: Challenged Ends Film Films Handle How Know Nowadays People Something Think Tied Up Wrong

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Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura.

~Alan Cumming

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I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it.

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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.

~Alan Cumming

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

~Alan Cumming

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Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

~Alan Cumming

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It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

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It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Actor

Born: January 27th, 1965

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