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29 quotes by Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea Born (1946-10-31) 31 October 1946 (age 68) Belfast, Northern Ireland Occupation Actor Years active 1964–present Spouse(s) Dolours Price (1983–2000) Stephen Rea (/ˈreɪ/ ray; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an...
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At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

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You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

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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... →

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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

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I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down.

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I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

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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.

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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... →

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When you're playing the part of a saxophone or a trumpet player, both of which I have done, it would be nice to be able to play like John... →

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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.

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I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

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I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting.

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The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.

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