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

I 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.

Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. 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.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.

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.

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