Liam Neeson Quotes

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.

I'm fairly comfortable in fight sequences and stuff like that. I've done a few of them. I'm comfortable with that sort of stuff as long as I'm reasonably fit, and it's fun to do actually. I'm like a kid in a toy shop doing that stuff.

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

It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.

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

I'm very much a homebody.

The whole awards thing is great. Why? Because the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, they put a focus on the industry, and that focus translates into people buying tickets to see movies or download films, legitimately download them. And it keeps us all at work. So I'm a big fan of award shows.

The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying.

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.

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?

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

Making a film, you do need stamina, whether you're doing fight scenes or not. It's important to keep fit. I'm not talking about having perfect abs and stuff, but you've got to be on top of your game, especially if you're playing the lead. You have to look after yourself.

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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's a ruthlessness to the city now that wasn't there before. I was in Dublin a few months ago, when we were shooting Breakfast on Pluto, and if I saw one kid throwing up on the street, I must have seen a hundred of them.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.

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.

Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second generation Irish or even with no connection to Ireland, you should visit in 2013 for a unique experience.

Hollywood is throwing action movies at me.

I am totally for gun control in the U.S. The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying. Every day we're seeing some kid running rampant in a school. And do you know what the gun lobby's response to Newtown was? The National Rifle Association's official response was, 'If that teacher had been armed' It's crazy,

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.

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

Live and die on this day ... Live and die on this day ...

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

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.

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

It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning in their graves with embarrassment at how that law has been interpreted.

If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them, and stab them in the heart.

It's still a great, big, beautiful, wonderful world no matter what the headlines of the newspapers are and it's there to be explored. It's there for our children to go out and explore and explore different cultures and learn from it. I never lose hope.

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.

It's funny, but you get to a time in your life when you think you have all the friends you will ever have.

I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

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.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

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

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.'

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

We live in an age where revenge seems to be the most important thing for individuals and countries. Why not forgive each other? Decide to accept each other's differences and move on.

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

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

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I keep fit as much as I can.

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

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

I don't think for this generation, but for my generation and my father's generation, men had difficulty in accessing emotion and then being able to talk about it.

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I don't think I'm funny.

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

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

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

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

I think I'm past my due date. I just feel it.

At the Sex Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, they were a phenomenal help, too. We went out there for a few days, and they gave us access to materials. And the biographies, there are four or five, ranging from very poor to excellent.

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

America has been very, very good to me.

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

Every time I see Anthony Hopkins I think that, to some extent, he has just been getting away with it all these years.

It's best to keep acting real.

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

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding.

In real life, wolves will do anything to avoid contact with mankind.

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

Northern Ireland is the world's best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

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

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.

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

To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

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

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

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

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.

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

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.'