Alan Cumming Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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I like going to Japan where they treat it like a real sport. I like doing the entertainment stuff with the WWE. I really like doing the small venue stuff, like Ring of Honor, because everything is so intimate. There's different feelings and different experiences, and you have to be good at different things to do all of that.
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I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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My problem is I can't show any of my movies to my daughters. It's tough. 'Beauty and the Beast'... they liked it. But that's the only one, really. Otherwise, they've always been dark or violent.
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Eugene O'Neil is always exploring our want to love but can't get it out there.
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I think that everyone's life is controlled by a series of events. They choose what they want and if it is in their control they can reach it. Sometimes luck shines on them and sometimes it doesn't. I also think accidents happen and we are placed in situations where we have to do things for those we love that we don't want to do.
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Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.
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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.
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It just amazes me every time I have a debate with the ACLU on this. What would you want, to have innocent names made public?
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I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.
