It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

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

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

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

Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

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