In My First Year At Drama School,

I Was Horrified When Richard Chamberlain And Rupert Everett Said Gay Actors Should Stay In The Closet. They Were Saying To People That They Should Live A Lie And Not Be Liberated, To Live In Fear Of Being Found Out.

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.

I Had To Be A Grown-up When I Should Have Been A Little Boy, And Now That I'm A Grown-up My Little-boyness Has Exploded Out Of Me. I've Lived My Life Backwards.

There Are Some Days When You Don't Feel Like Being Alan Cumming.

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.