I love doing my own stunts but it's hard. Liam Neeson More Quotes by Liam Neeson More Quotes From Liam Neeson I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. Liam Neeson flatteringsexthinking 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 runningcharacterdrama I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work. Liam Neeson romancerunningthinking I love it when a plan comes together Liam Neeson coming-togetherteamtogether To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides. Liam Neeson scaredbeing-honesthonest When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem. Liam Neeson boxersreadingwonderful But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. Liam Neeson controversialknowssex I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. Liam Neeson swimbirthdaywater I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt. Liam Neeson my-ownfighting Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society’s understanding. Liam Neeson thrivecriminalsunderstanding I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people. Liam Neeson filmrealpeople I'm fairly comfortable in fight sequences and stuff like that. I've done a few of them. I'm comfortable with that sort of stuff as long as I'm reasonably fit, and it's fun to do actually. I'm like a kid in a toy shop doing that stuff. Liam Neeson fightingfunkids I don't think for this generation, but for my generation and my father's generation, men had difficulty in accessing emotion and then being able to talk about it. Liam Neeson menfatherthinking I learned my "facts of life" on toilet walls. I'd walk up in school bathrooms and there would be crude drawings and figures engaged in sex. That's how I learned. Liam Neeson wallsexschool We live in an age where revenge seems to be the most important thing for individuals and countries. Liam Neeson revengecountrymoving Making a film, you do need stamina, whether you're doing fight scenes or not. It's important to keep fit. I'm not talking about having perfect abs and stuff, but you've got to be on top of your game, especially if you're playing the lead. You have to look after yourself. Liam Neeson fightinggamestalking I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind. Later on, it was Steve McQueen to a certain extent and Charles Bronson. They're these types of grizzled characters who had one foot on the side of law and order and the other foot in the bad guy's camp. Liam Neeson growing-upherospring It's always fun to do the fight sequences and then to complete them, because some of them are quite complicated - with guns and so on - and there's always things that can go wrong. It's fun to shoot those things because we rehearse them very strenuously. It's fun to shoot them, and fun to know they're finished, that they're in the can so to speak. Liam Neeson fightinggunfun No man is an island, as they say. No. I've tried it. I've gone on retreats at various times in my life for three or four or five days. I was desperate to get out of there and talk to somebody. But I fly fish a lot, and I can only do that really by myself. I find I'm never lonesome when I'm on a river, far from it, but it's a lonely practice. Liam Neeson lonelyislandsmen I think she would be very thrilled and pleased by that too, actually. Liam Neeson entertainment
