Stephen Rea

“I'm not a method actor. I don't believe in it. I believe in the text.”

“I've no story to tell. I'm just an actor.”

“An awful lot of my work is about displacement, people who are not at home.”

“I'm Irish, so I'm used to failure.”

“I think theatre is a great training ground for any actor, just to learn about the discipline of it.”

“I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else.”

“It's always been a dream of mine to come to New York and be on Broadway.”

“You can be as good an actor as you want, but if you're not in the right thing, it's not going to be seen.”

“The Troubles were a terrible time, but they also produced great art.”

“I don't really have a process. I just do it. I read the script and I do it.”