Quotes By Liam Neeson

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

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 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 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.

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

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 gravitate toward women.

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

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.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.

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

People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds.

I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

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

It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.

I keep fit as much as I can.

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

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

I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.

Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than sufficient recognition for any success which I may have achieved as an actor.