Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson, OBE is an actor from Northern Ireland. In 1976, he joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film, Excalibur. Between 1982 and 1987, Neeson starred in five films; most notably alongside Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in The Bountyand Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission. He landed a leading role alongside Patrick Swayze in Next of Kin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 June 1952
CityBallymena, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.
The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.
Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?
I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.
Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.
I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.
To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.
No man is an island, as they say. No. I've tried it. I've gone on retreats at various times in my life for three or four or five days. I was desperate to get out of there and talk to somebody. But I fly fish a lot, and I can only do that really by myself. I find I'm never lonesome when I'm on a river, far from it, but it's a lonely practice.
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.'
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.
Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.
You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.
I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.
I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.