Alan Cumming

(Talking about Calvin Klein) Alan: He was one of the first people when a designer suddenly was in the mainstream and he also brought homoeroticism in to the mainstream, I'd say.

(Talking about his father and how difficult it was growing up in a house run by him) Alan: My dad was quite strict. We did a lot of work on the estate all the time. My brother and I worked. And it wasn't, like... easy. It wasn't easy stuff we had to do. We were terrified of him. When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly. The whole area of my dad is obviously very difficult for me to talk about. But my brother and I often talk about it: things like mowing the lawn in the dark. With his car lights on, so that I could see... it was a little excessive.

(On seeing one of his first play as a child a production about Bonnie Prince Charlie and and the Highland Clearances) Alan: I thought it was the most magical thing I'd ever seen. And I saw them putting all their props in a van afterwards and going on to the next thing. And I just thought - I want to do that.