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

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When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.

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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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Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.

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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.

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If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen to it in a different way. The most impact you can have while asking them to re-listen to a song is if it's a song they know very well.

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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.

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I wouldn't do my roles if I really hated it. I've done things I hated, but I didn't go into them thinking I would hate them. I want to have fun. I don't want to go to work and not enjoy it. So if I'm swirling around on some wires, talking to Fred Flintstone, I make it the funnest I can. I also want to be good at it. I don't want to be a crap cartoon character. I want to be proud I'm a vitamin!

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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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Usually, there's a story I've told that leads up to why I'm singing the song. The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs. The best way to do that was in a room with an audience and for people to listen to that.

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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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Be who you like as long as you mean it.

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

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

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My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

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I'm not a fan of Twitter.

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My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.

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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.

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With Urban Secrets, I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.

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

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