Sam Neill quotes

Sam Neill is a renowned Irish-born actor, best recognized for his roles in film and television. His performances in classics like "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano" have earned him international acclaim. He continues to captivate audiences with a diverse and enduring career. Here are 22 of his quotes:

I got an Irish passport the other day. I love it. It's the best thing in my pocket. (Sam Neill)

I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed.

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Of all the characters I've played, I think I have more in common with that guy than with Reilly: Ace of Spies", referring to Carl Fitzgerald in Death in Brunswick.

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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.

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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.

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I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

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I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!

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'Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that.

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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment. (Sam Neill)

I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.

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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

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I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

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When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.

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When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

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I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.

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I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.

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Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work. (Sam Neill)

I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.

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Occupation: Irish Actor
Born: September 14, 1947
Quotes count: 22
Wikipedia: Sam Neill

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