Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

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?

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