Stephen Rea Quotes


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.


Citations

Weinraub, Bernard. "An Irish Actor Of Two Worlds; Stephen Rea's Life Mirrors His Films." The New York Times, The New York Times Company, 16 Feb. 1993, p. C13.

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Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
  • Born: October 31, 1946
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Actor

Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in 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. In 2020, he was listed at number 13 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.