Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't,… — Richard McCabe Actor 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 Any 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… — Richard McCabe Attend 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… — Richard McCabe Best 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 Although 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… — Richard McCabe Job 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… — Richard McCabe Art 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… — Richard McCabe Around 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… — Richard McCabe Great 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… — Richard McCabe Door 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… — Richard McCabe Away 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… — Richard McCabe Change Copy Share Image
I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons. — Richard McCabe Afford Copy Share Image
There's a mythical status to the Tony Awards. When you're growing up as an actor, you hear about Broadway and the Tonys,… — Richard McCabe Actor Copy Share Image
For me, this profession is about having a career where you can go on working for 60 years, so I'm not particularly… — Richard McCabe Career Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I worked with Kevin McNally and have always thought him brilliant. — Richard McCabe Actor Copy Share Image
Broadway has a lot more razzle-dazzle than the West End. In terms of the everyday work routine, it's not different, but there's… — Richard McCabe Anticipation Copy Share Image
In 'Notting Hill,' I was part of a whole plot line over six scenes that was completely taken out. That was rather… — Richard McCabe Hill 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… — Richard McCabe Drama Copy Share Image
A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa. — Richard McCabe Acting Copy Share Image
I adored being at the RSC and working on the verse and getting the iambic pentameter right. You just skim across the… — Richard McCabe Being Copy Share Image
Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV. — Richard McCabe Always Copy Share Image
If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently. — Richard McCabe Felt Copy Share Image
