Quotes By Liam Neeson

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

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

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'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.

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

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.

I loved school.

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 gravitate toward women.

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

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

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.'

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

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.

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

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

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.

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