125 Quotes by Alan Cumming

We both lacked the same thing in our childhoods – the love of a father... We both sought to fill that lack in our adult lives with family and love, as everyone does, but also with thrills and sometimes periods of recklessness. Luckily, I have always come back from my recklessness. Tommy Darling did not.

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!

It is a startling thing, the need to feel utterly believed.

I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.

I loved the sound of the snow. It was calm and echoey at the same time, and the world felt a safer place being insulated by it. My.

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.

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

Memory is so subjective. We all remember in a visceral, emotional way, and so even if we agree on the facts – what was said, what happened where and when – what we take away and store from a moment, what we feel about it, can vary radically.

It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.