Liam Neeson

“I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry.”

“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.”

“I loved school.”

“I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.”

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

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

“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 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.”

“I'm very much a homebody.”

“I offer my performance as prayer for someone I've worked with as an actor or someone who has died. The image that comes into my head as I walk to the stage, I offer that performance up for that person.”

“I have to make it my job to be careful with my family.”

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

“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.”