A biography for Liam Neesonhasn’t been written yet.
“You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.”
“It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.”
“I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.”
“I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.”
“Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.”
“Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.”
“I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.”
“Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.”
“Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.”
“I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?”
“Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.”
“It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.”
“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?”
“I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.'”
“It's an ongoing joy being a dad.”
“I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.”
“But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.”
“And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me.”
“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.”
“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.”