Quotes By 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.

Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene.

But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime.

I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

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.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

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've never been in a street fight.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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'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.

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