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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.

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I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

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Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.

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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.

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Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

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Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

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I was so scared of going back to the theatre after Hamlet. I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it.

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

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It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.

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I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.

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

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

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

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I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.

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Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.

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

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I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I've been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn't change anything. I'm happy with who I am!

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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.

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I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.

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I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

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