Alan Cumming Quotes

Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.

Alan Cumming

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• On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.

  

  Flume
  • Up
  • Character
  • Stage

• Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • People
  • Music
  • Speak

• If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Women
  • Woman
  • Year

• My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Dad
  • Die
  • Mad

• I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Wisdom
  • Compassion
  • Patience

• If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.

  

  Barry Diller
  • You
  • Now
  • Stock

• Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.

  

  Banks
  • Music
  • Me
  • Walking

• I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Work
  • Important

• I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.

  

  Daniel Barber
  • End
  • See
  • Special

• The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Real
  • Pretty
  • House

• I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • People
  • Important
  • Mind

• I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.

  

  Rachel Boston
  • Love
  • Freedom
  • Running

• Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Going
  • Alien
  • Hospital

• I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Kids
  • Father
  • Want

• There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Time
  • World
  • Single

• I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.

  

  Dan Chaon
  • Different
  • Working
  • Back

• Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.

  

  Laura Anne Gilman
  • Nature
  • Weather
  • Fruit

• When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Know
  • Become
  • Let Go

• I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Baseball
  • Fame
  • Assumptions

• Everyone has their own path in life, no matter if it's being a celebrity or a singer. Quite frankly, I didn't move to Nashville and tell myself I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to be a celebrity or I wanted to be somebody that people admired. I wasn't about that. I just loved music.

  

  Jake Owen
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• I tell my students based on my experiences in Hollywood, sure, you can always move to L.A. and try to work with the system, and people do that, but chances are if you want your story in film with characters of color, you will have to make that movie yourself. Find a way to make it yourself. Not just screenwriters, but also producers.

  

  Tananarive Due
  • People
  • Work
  • Movie

• What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Funny
  • Human
  • Superior

• Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.

  

  Alan Cumming
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