“If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it's a song they know very well.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWellsDifferentArtistSongSingingAskingImpactDifferent WaysCabaret Author:Alan Cumming
“Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantDifferentShowsSongAudienceChangedPerceptionFamiliarDifferent WaysClicksI've ChangedCabaret Author:Alan Cumming
“He ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.” DifferentEasyInstantConformityNon Conformity Author:Alan Cumming
“I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.” DifferentDisguise Author:Alan Cumming
“When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.” PeopleDifferentHomeFilmTvsTheaterCinemaTemples Author:Alan Cumming