Richard McCabe Quotes

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

I remember watching 'A Streetcar Named Desire' when I was quite young, I was about 12, or 13, and I watched it, thinking, 'Wow. That is pretty cool. I'd like to do something like that.'

I want to do films that challenge me. I want to do what the actors I look up to are doing - the Gary Oldmans and Daniel Day-Lewises.

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile.

I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.

I think it's about finding the character you want to play and the people you want to work with.

I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years.

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my game instantly.

Being on set is like being in college, for me, because I get to watch other people perform and I can learn from them if I listen and pay attention.

There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

I think my favorite role was playing Sarah Baker in 'Cheaper by the Dozen 1.' It was my first movie, and I worked with amazing professionals who had such strong work ethics that I immediately learned how to work in this industry.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

I love working with great actors.

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

I'm a character actress.

I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!'