A biography for Liam Neesonhasn’t been written yet.
“I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.”
“I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.”
“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.”
“I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.”
“For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.”
“To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.”
“Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.”
“I've never been in a street fight.”
“I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.”
“Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.”
“It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.”
“You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.”
“I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?”
“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.”
“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 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 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.”