I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard of. Luckily, I got in at the first attempt. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
I worked as a clerical assistant at the Department of Health and Social Security for about three months before I went to drama school. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't, so what… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
What's odd is that I've never been asked to do any comedy in film. That's something I could certainly do. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night.… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It's funny: what one tends to think of as the best work you've done is not what other people think is the best you've… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
I don't think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
I had a schoolmaster who was a supernumerary at Glyndebourne Opera, and through ,I got a job as a walk-on in Peter Hall's production… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard of. Luckily,… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It's funny: I can never sleep between shows; I think it's because I don't like to switch the motor off. I'll probably have some… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It's a great luxury to have the writer with you on a new play because you can write and re-write, just trying to get… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look at Helen Mirren on stage and think, 'You really are the Queen.' You see people bowing to her at the stage… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the business that you work unsociable, unpredictable hours and can get called away at a moment's notice to somewhere… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It is strange how your understanding of a play changes. It normally happens after a performance and you suddenly think, 'So that's what that… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
