A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.
Alan CummingI don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.
Alan CummingHe ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
Alan CummingI had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.
Alan CummingI think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think it's interesting that there's this gaping hole in the repertoire in the American theater, which is Shakespeare. It's hardly ever done, compared to how often it's done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company - I said, "You never do Shakespeare." And he said, "Yes, we're not very good at it." And I thought, "What a terrible thing to say.".
Alan Cumming