Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes--and more

A A A Comments By Robert Wilonsky Wednesday, Jun 20 2001

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the thrill-ride world of Alan Cumming, seen here in the 1998 revival of Cabaret.

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"It's about fun. I want to have fun; I want to challenge myself, but, above all, I want to enjoy things, and that can mean hanging on a wire dressed as a green alien, or it can mean playing Hamlet. Each thing is valid, and I just don't have any time for that kind of inverted snobbery, actually, about acting. People are threatened or confused when you do different things. But you just have to go on with your own thing and not let the bastards get you down." This time, he giggles.

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