Alan Cumming

I mean, truly, my dad told me I was worthless and my mum told me I was precious.

And of course, you want to believe your mum more.

I am a strong person and I function very well for someone who has had an abusive childhood, I think.

But it's still with me.

Sometimes I can get triggered by certain personalities.

I will allow people to be, well, abusive.

I had those things happen to me that I am acknowledging were really damaging and could have ended it for me.

But I, yeah, I persevered because I believed in myself, I think.

Pretty good.

A little exhausted, but I'm here for you.

You absolutely are.

I love a chat, but I'm in my general demeanour of life right now.

I've had a crazy week.

Well, I was in New York last night.

And the night before that, I was in Los Angeles.

And two days before that, I was in New York.

And two days before that, I was in Aberdeen.

I know, and it's also like, I had a 10-minute nap that was brilliant.

I'm very good at napping and I'm always good.

But I can also just think, OK, I thought I was going to have a nap for half an hour.