Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
Stephen Reais an Irish film and stage actor. 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 Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game. He has during later years had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series The Shadow Line and The Honourable Woman, for which he won a BAFTA Award...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 October 1946
CountryIreland
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.
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.
At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?
Acting is way of making yourself exist.
I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting.
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.