Alan Cumming

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal. ”

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. ”

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. ”

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive. ”

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? ”

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

You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them. ”

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. ”