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" 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. "

Liam Neeson

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Pie

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" As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor. "

" I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging. "

" I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner. "

" It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work. "

" 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. "

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

" I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work. "

" Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good. "

" I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone. "

" I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. "

" I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday. "

" 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. "

Liam Neeson

Fighting

Maturity

" I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed. "

" The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. "

" I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.' "

Liam Neeson

Say

You

" The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another. "

" It's best to keep acting real. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene. "

Liam Neeson

Acting

Kind

" I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now. "

Liam Neeson

Play

Building

" Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift. "

" Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. "

" I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. "

" 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. "

" 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. "