Liam Neeson Quotes - Page 2

Irish - Actor Born: June 7, 1952

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. Liam Neeson

Lucky, Concerned, Very

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

More, Give, More People

I don't think I'm funny. Liam Neeson

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

Shadow, Use, Anyone

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. Liam Neeson

Movies, Before, Lot

It's best to keep acting real. Liam Neeson

Best, Real, Keep

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

Think, Symbol, Very

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? Liam Neeson

Think, Hours, Choke

Well, I think they're all basically the same story. Every culture in the world has them. When you strip it down and analyze it, it's the young man or girl who goes through a trial or ordeal and hits a very low ebb but manages to get guidance from a Merlin type figure. Liam Neeson

Through, I Think, Very

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. Liam Neeson

Like, Still, Creatures

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. Liam Neeson

Became, Own, Almost

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

Say, Irish, Very

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. Liam Neeson

Argument, Still, Adultery

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. Liam Neeson

University, Charts, Chunks

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. Liam Neeson

Love, Mine, Certainly

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. Liam Neeson

Thought, Young, Kinsey

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

Play, Very, Though

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

Character, Actor, Tuesday

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. Liam Neeson

Play, Bed, Some

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

Other, Tolerant, Kinsey

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. Liam Neeson

Work, About, Very

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

Think, Always, Certainly

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago. Liam Neeson

Jury, Festival, Jury Duty

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. Liam Neeson

Artist, Thought, Kinsey

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. Liam Neeson

I Think, Pioneer, Cause

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

Proud, Yes, Lots

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