Quotes By 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.

I've never been in a street fight.

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

Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.

And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me.

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry.

I loved school.

I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too.

I can always act.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.

I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?

I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them.

There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years.

I gravitate toward women.

I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner.

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.

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

I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours.

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

I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.

But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.

As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.