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title: "2 Alas Quotes By Ray Winstone"
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> [The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/the-greatest-dramas-in-the-world-are-all-about-sex-violence-and-death/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/ray-winstone-12425_alas_the-greatest-dramas-in-the-world-are-all_710268.png)

> [All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. 'Alas, poor Yorick,' that's about death. And in 'Romeo and Juliet' everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/all-the-great-shakespeare-plays-are-about-killing-alas-poor-yorick/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ray-winstone-12425_about_all-the-great-shakespeare-plays-are-abou_723140.png)

## Other authors on Alas

## More by Ray Winstone

> [Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/well-for-me-my-favourite-indiana-jones-is-the-last-crusade-because/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I think the difference is that Angelina didn't need any CGI enhancement and I did! You can't really think about some things too much,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-think-the-difference-is-that-angelina-didn-t-need-any-cgi/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I think TV is all about caring, and if you don't care about a character in a drama or a person when they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-think-tv-is-all-about-caring-and-if-you-don-t-care-about-a/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/as-a-man-there-s-a-part-of-me-that-feels-i-should-still-be-going-out/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [You do a job like mine because you love the job, not because it's going to make you famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/you-do-a-job-like-mine-because-you-love-the-job-not-because-it-s/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-love-to-be-the-lead-but-you-can-t-always-be-the-lead/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I'm lucky enough to have a kid with me who is actually really intellectually up with what's going on in the world and actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-m-lucky-enough-to-have-a-kid-with-me-who-is-actually-really/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [When somebody meets me in the street, they say, 'Hello, how you doing?' And I say the same back. It's just two minutes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/when-somebody-meets-me-in-the-street-they-say-hello-how-you-doing-and/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [Working with Scorsese was an absolute dream, and one of my favourite ever jobs was 'Beowulf' because it was just pure acting. Your imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/working-with-scorsese-was-an-absolute-dream-and-one-of-my-favourite/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I had a very real fear of spiders until one bit me. I got bitten by a redback spider in Australia and I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-had-a-very-real-fear-of-spiders-until-one-bit-me-i-got-bitten-by-a/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I was kicked out of drama school in 1976, aged 18, for vandalising the headmistress's tyres, after being there for less than a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-was-kicked-out-of-drama-school-in-1976-aged-18-for-vandalising-the/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/i-ve-never-met-a-politician-i-haven-t-wanted-to-walk-away-from-and-i/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [It's not hard to be sexy when you're standing in front of Angelina Jolie or Robin Wright Penn. They're two of the most beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/it-s-not-hard-to-be-sexy-when-you-re-standing-in-front-of-angelina/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [Every job I take, within minutes I'm thinking, 'I can't do this.' I think it's what makes me work. People think I just swagger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/every-job-i-take-within-minutes-i-m-thinking-i-can-t-do-this-i-think/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

> [The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-winstone/the-greatest-dramas-in-the-world-are-all-about-sex-violence-and-death/)

[Ray Winstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-winstone/)

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