Quotes by Liam Neeson

About Liam Neeson:

Liam John Neeson is an Irish actor. In 1976, he joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film, Excalibur (1981). Between 1982 and 1987, Neeson starred in five films; most notably alongside Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in The Bounty (1984) and Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission (1986). He landed a leading role alongside Patrick Swayze in Next of Kin (1989).
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A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am.

Liam Neeson

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.

Liam Neeson

Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my artist's soul, my actor's soul, I could capture something of the spirit of the man.

Liam Neeson

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?

Liam Neeson

I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will be about an Irish band during the '70s who are looking for fortune in Las Vegas. I should play the singer of the band but I don...

Liam Neeson

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Liam Neeson

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

Liam Neeson

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

Liam Neeson

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago.

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I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

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I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.

Liam Neeson

I've never been in a street fight.

Liam Neeson

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

Liam Neeson

You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

Liam Neeson

I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.

Liam Neeson

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

Liam Neeson

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

Liam Neeson

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

Liam Neeson

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.

Liam Neeson

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

Liam Neeson

I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.'

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Author Bio

  • NameLiam Neeson
  • DescriptionIrish actor
  • BornJune 7, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire