Scottish actor Alan Cumming has won accolades for his performances, including current stints as a manipulative Chicago political operative on TV's “The Good Wife” and a revival of his Tony-winning role in the Broadway musical “Cabaret.”
In his memoir, “Not My Father’s Son,” he describes his painful childhood growing up on a country estate on the east coast of Scotland where his abusive father was the head forester.
Cumming also tells the story of one of the most turbulent periods of his life: The summer of 2010 when his decision to appear on a popular UK celebrity genealogy program led him to discover a secret about his birth.
Cumming, 49, spoke with Reuters about the book and his writing future.
Q: Some of the experiences you describe are so painful. Why share them?
A: I’m about to turn 50 and I felt like I just wanted to put everything out there. My whole credo about how to deal with being in the public eye has always been to be honest and open. And with this huge amount of information that people didn’t know about me, I just wanted to put it out there.
[For more of this story, written by Jim Finkle, go to http://www.reuters.com/article...dUSKBN0IJ0SJ20141030]
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