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 Read Quote
We didn’t have a television, so I grew up with books. This isn’t to suggest I’m an intellectual, but I do read a lot because part of acting is an exploration of literature. Stephen Rea Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I see people with laptops as being enslaved to something they can’t live without. Stephen Rea Read Quote
You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don’t care about the money. And when they disappear, it’s a pity. Stephen Rea Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
