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
Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.
I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world
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.
Young people were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, their lives and futures are at risk throughout the world because of this disease. I believe it is young people throughout the world who offer us the greatest hope for defeating this deadly pandemic.
I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.
I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.
You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.
I think: 'Why do I have to do it? What's it going to prove?' After all, it's the work that counts.
We're definitely going to do it, ... We've been working on it since November.
I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed.
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 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'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.
I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.