Top 29 Quotes by Stephen Rea

About Stephen Rea

These are some quotes by Irish author Stephen Rea Actor, who was born on October 31, 1946.

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

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

Stephen Rea

I never watch TV. I know I'm missing so much, aren't I? I'm probably not. I can't stand popular TV. I've got too much to do to watch it. I know that sounds pretentious and pompous, but there you are.

I never watch TV. I know I'm missing so much, aren't I? I'm probably not. I can't stand popular TV. I've got too much to do to watch it. I know that sounds pretentious and pompous, but there you are.

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

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.

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

Acting is way of making yourself exist.

Acting is way of making yourself exist.

Stephen Rea

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 Coltrane, but you can't. Your job is to do something else. And I'm not sure what it is, but I don't think I'd be acting Niels Bohr any better if I went and studied physics for five years.

Stephen Rea

I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite.

I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite.

Stephen Rea

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

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

Stephen Rea

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one.

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one.

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.

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

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