#ay

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.' ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#been #comment #first #first thing #grown

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#always #because #exercise #i #never

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. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#balanced #dad #good #grounding #i

I started to itch to do a play again and 'Macbeth' came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do it in a conventional way. A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#arms #battle #blood #came #coming

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. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#character #emotional #find #i #involvement

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

— Alan Cumming

#feel #good #i #making #myself

Macbeth was the first play I ever read. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#first #i #macbeth #play #read

The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#certain #cues #each #end #even

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#i do #laying #lightly #off #people

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

#anything #criticized #does #everybody #like