You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.

There are some days when you don't feel like being Alan Cumming.

I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.

Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.

Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

Be who you like as long as you mean it.

A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.