Richard McCabe Quotes

#1. As a young actor, I worked with Kevin McNally and have always thought him brilliant.

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#2. Music has always been profoundly important to me.

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#3. If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently.

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#4. I don't think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons.

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#5. In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend.

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#6. What's odd is that I've never been asked to do any comedy in film. That's something I could certainly do.

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#7. 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 chicken or pasta, though never the two together, and maybe go out for a quick wander around.

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#8. 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 line really means' - it's like a light going on.

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#9. 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 matters is to try and be a better actor.

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#10. A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.

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#11. 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 on the other side of the world. This can put a strain on home and personal life.

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