Alan Cumming's Wild Life in Pictures

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 9, 2016

In his new memoir, You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures, award-winning Scottish actor Alan Cumming, gives a vividly illustrated account of his life in show business. From his tales of backstage friendships, to his late-night haunts and hangouts, to heartfelt stories of his dog, Honey, Cumming provides a window on what it is like to be Alan Cumming. 

 

"You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams,' by Alan Cumming
(Reprinted with permission from "You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams,' by Alan Cumming, published by Rizzoli Ex Libris)

 

 

 

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