A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa. Richard McCabe Read Quote
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. Richard McCabe Read Quote
In ‘Notting Hill,’ I was part of a whole plot line over six scenes that was completely taken out. That was rather depressing. Richard McCabe Read Quote
I adored being at the RSC and working on the verse and getting the iambic pentameter right. You just skim across the surface, and the speech is over before you know it. You can just ride along on the music of it. Richard McCabe Read Quote
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. Richard McCabe Read Quote
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 a cachet about Broadway that lends itself to more anticipation among audiences. Richard McCabe Read Quote
