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Stephen Rea quotes

Irish Actor October 31, 1946

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Stephen Rea quote: "People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always..."
People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. Stephen Rea
I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "I believe some people in this business suffer from fame..."
I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion. Stephen Rea
At this moment, when Ireland seems about to break into something new, we thought it was worth looking back at a time when people seemed to have found a way out of the sectarian division of the country. Stephen Rea
I've been worked over by the English press because there's an assumption that my politics are identical with my wife's, and for that matter that my wife's politics are identical with her politics of 20 years ago. Stephen Rea
I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are. Stephen Rea
The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "My kids act all the time and it's exactly what I used to do."
My kids act all the time and it's exactly what I used to do. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down."
I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know..."
I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and..."
Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of..."
At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I? Stephen Rea
People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing. Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea quote: "The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your..."
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you. Stephen Rea
That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere. Stephen Rea

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