I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down. Stephen Rea More Quotes by Stephen Rea More Quotes From Stephen Rea The End of the Affair is a good movie because it about things, things that really matter. Love, sex, death. Have you ever seen romance? Stephen Rea good-movieromancesex I don't know that I'm 'hangdog'. That suggests someone skulking around, unengaged. I'm not. I'm 'engaged', believe me. I have just got a slightly sad face. Stephen Rea sad-facefacesbelieve I loved movies as a teenager and saw as much American cinema as I could, but I hated the English films of the early 60s and had absolutely no point of identification with them. Stephen Rea teenagersawscinema 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 wifematteryears My kids act all the time and its exactly what I used to do. Stephen Rea usedkids People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. Stephen Rea smilecameraspeople I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level. Stephen Rea playmightinteresting 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 careersgamespeople 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 boredactingwant The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you. Stephen Rea nervesactorsdirectors I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting. Stephen Rea enjoystillsacting Acting is way of making yourself exist. Stephen Rea actingway Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie. Stephen Rea filmangelfirsts 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 being-yourselfcamerasacting 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 divisioncountrypeople 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 scaredscarydying I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion. Stephen Rea fashionbelievepeople I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one. Stephen Rea brothelsthinking 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 guyactingmoving 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 peopleyearsthinking
