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
When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.
But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.
I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.
I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.
I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.
I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.
In real life, wolves will do anything to avoid contact with mankind.
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.'
I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?
Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other.
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 don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.