“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.” IfsFeelsFormOpinionShapesAbuseAcceptableCommonplace Book:Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir Source: Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir
“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
“So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.” IfsThinkingMotherInspiringGenerationsPositiveAidsExpertsMothers Day Author:Alan Cumming
“Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.” IfsHelpingActorsCan DoStupidDirectorsAestheticSensibility Author:Alan Cumming
“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?” IfsThinkingWorldLittlesPersonsImportantIdeasEarthBoysSeeingGayMessagesHorribleLike MeWisconsinArkansasWisconsin Weather Author:Alan Cumming
“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.” IfsKnowsPlayScaredTheatre Author:Alan Cumming
“You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them.” IfsLongFilmHoursPerspectiveTiredExhaustedGet RealLong Hours Author:Alan Cumming
“Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?” IfsKindBotherOver YouWhy BotherGetting Over You Author:Alan Cumming
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsEndsFilmKnow HowHandleTiedTied Up Author:Alan Cumming
“Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.” PeopleIfsSometimesDoneFilmProjectsDramaticYou ChooseGet Real Author:Alan Cumming
