Quotes By Liam Neeson

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.

And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

I think I'm past my due date. I just feel it.

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other.

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

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.

Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause.

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.'

In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene I did years ago. But I'll play the scene back in my mind and think, I did that wrong - I should've opened the door more slowly.

Sitting down to eat in our house is about sharing, you know, talking about the day you've had, be it in school or work or whatever, so that's very important to us.

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

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.

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?

America has been very, very good to me.

I love working with children.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

In real life, wolves will do anything to avoid contact with mankind.

I don't think I'm funny.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

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't want to sing in front of anybody.