"RE-RELEASE: Liam Neeson”

26:57You're like, guy, I was Jesus in the last one. How do you even prepare an audition to play Jesus? I mean, practicing your faces in the mirror playing Jesus Christ, I would not really know where to go. How did he even research that? I don't know how he... I can see the gentleman's face, Mr. Anderson. I think it was Ken Anderson who was in charge of this little outreach. And I didn't do an audition. I just met him and he knew I was Catholic, Irish Catholic, and we never really spoke about professional questions. and this shoot was only about three weeks or something, you know. You just reminded me there, I had a vision of, Will, didn't you play Jesus Christ unarrested for one of your illusions?

27:49Didn't Job have like some sort of a religious-themed illusion and I remember you in some sort of a loincloth? Yeah, and then I went into the cave and I was going to come back and then I got stuck in there. And started whining. Yeah, it was a really, it was a very, not a very well thought out illusion by my character. And you ate nothing but plums and turnips for a few weeks just to prepare for that scene, right? And they ended up finding me because I got, there was a false sort of back on the cave that I put on the stage. And then they ended up, they were, one of those storage facilities and they were doing one of those faux, you know, those shows where they go into storage facilities and they auction off all the stuff and they find this rock and they find me living in there.

28:38Sort of months later, I've been stuck in this cave. And it was very thin at the time. And then, but Liam, you mentioned Tony Hopkins and for Tracy in Wisconsin, by the way, Liam, if you're not, I don't imagine you're a listener of the podcast, but Tracy is Sean's sister in Wisconsin. So anytime we mention something that people might not know, we talk to Tracy and explain to her. Specifically the inside baseball of showbiz. So Tracy, Tony Hopkins is Sir Anthony Hopkins. And you worked together the first time, I imagine, on The Bounty. Is that right? That's right. It was The Bounty and we shot it in Marea, which is an island, beautiful island just off Tahiti.

29:18Oof. And, oh, my God. I turned 31, so I turned 70 in June of this year. So that's a bunch of years ago. First of all, you look incredible. Please. Just let me be as, yeah, at seven. Yeah, you look incredible. My God, you look great. I know. But so you're there and you've only made a few films at that point, am I right? You've made sort of five or six films? Yeah, I've done some stuff in Ireland, some miniseries in England. But now you're there and you're in Tahiti with Tony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Tony and Mel, Daniel Day, Lewis. a whole bunch of great British actors. You had trouble casting it, huh?

30:05Real trouble. Yeah, but you may do. What was that experience like making it? I loved that. I bring it up just because I loved that film so much. I remember as a youth I watched it many times. Oh, gosh. Yeah, it was good. It was six to eight weeks, and we all just loved Tony because he, as well as Captain Bly, he played brilliantly. He took care of us. He took care of his crew. And a lot of the crew were guys just fresh out of drama school in England, you know. First job, and there you are in Tahiti. But Tony just took care of us. And I'll never forget that quality he had. And we had a great director, Roger Donaldson, from New Zealand.

30:59But he and Tony didn't get on terribly well because he would do endless takes. I remember one day, 27 takes of hoisting the princess, Tahitian princess up onto the bounty. Oh, God. Like 27 takes and the sun beating down and stuff. And what's the point of my story? It was just great. It was a great experience. But we all started developing that. What's the opposite of cabin fever when you're surrounded by water all the time. There's a scientific, there's a medical name for it. So if somebody sent you out a newspaper from Britain or Ireland, you would read this from cover to cover. Sure. And then someone would, you'd give it to your friend to read to, you know.

31:46By this stage, the newspaper's a week old, 10 days old. And then you'd start, I'd say, Richard, where's my paper? I said, but you read it. You finished it. It doesn't matter. I want it back. So, you know, we were there for three months. So we were just all starting to get on each other's nerves. Yeah. If you watch The Bounty today, do you think you would have notes for your performance? Has your style of acting changed over the years? That presupposes that you watch what you do. Are you one of those actors that watches what you do? because some don't like to. No, I don't. I like to see it at least once.

32:31I mean, if I'm playing the lead, I'll watch it at least a couple of times, but that's it. This is while you're shooting, right? You'll watch one of the playbacks to see if you're kind of on the right track? No, I don't do that, Jason. I don't. Unless it's some technical thing where the director needs me to be on the left, and I think, no, I should be on the right of this character, for example. But you'll watch the final product, though. Yeah, yeah, I would watch it. So what about your style? I just say I ask that because I get so cringy when I look at the old stuff that I've done. And I say, oh, my God, I do it so differently today.

33:06Because you have such a wide body of work, I'd imagine it would be pretty fun or scary or what for you to look at all the stuff you've done way back when. Oh, God, yeah. It's overacting, isn't it? I don't know if you ever feel that. Anytime I see something, I think, oh, God. That's what I notice I try to do is do less and less every year. Yeah. If I do something, I used to, when I was younger, would watch it once, and now I don't watch anything I do. And if somebody comes up and says, that was really good, I'll check it out. But if nobody says that to me, I don't need to see it. Yeah, but Sean, you were on a very popular comedy sitcom for many years.

33:48The Millers? Yes. Yeah, the Millers that we run together. Um, and, uh, we, you were, you were like in the, you know, in the top, one of the top shows for, for many years. And it was, it would be hard to avoid that. I'm going to ask you this. So how, how did you avoid that? Did you, you must've seen episodes of your show when it was on the air because it was kind of everywhere. Yeah. Liam, take a seat just for a second. Um, I would, um, no, I, I would want, I would, yes, you're right. It would, the reruns when they used to have reruns and all that stuff. It is hard to avoid. But the reboot of the Will and Grace three seasons, I haven't seen one episode.

34:27Really? Just like everybody else? I was there. Just like everyone else. I heard that. So you wouldn't have viewing parties, Sean, of your stuff? No. Maybe when I was like 27 and I was not up 20. Liam, I want to ask you something. You know, because you mentioned 100 films, it's just an unbelievable accomplishment. There has to be an award for that or something. Or we'll make one for you and send it. And by the way, that includes, you know, narrating documentaries and stuff like that. Yeah, but that's... And let's not forget the one you did with my sister called Satisfaction where she played a little rock and roll star.

34:55Wait a second. Oh, yeah. Is that true? Oh, yeah. Yes, absolutely. She played the lead of a band and what did you... I forget. Oh, I saw that movie. Did you play the manager, the band manager or something? No, I was a retired ex, kind of Keith Richards sort of guy. That's funny. Yeah, I think they wanted me to manage them or so, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You did not submit that that year for Academy consideration, did you? No. No. No. Wait, Jason, I remember that film. That was your sister's kind of breakout attempt from Family Ties. I remember that film. I think Julia Roberts was in the film too, I think.

35:33Julia was in the film? What was it, like 30 years ago? Yeah, it was a long time ago. It has to be. I know Julia was 19. Wow. So that made me, I was 30, 34. You're crazy with numbers. How do you remember 31 years old, 19 years old? He's like Will Arnett. Are you one of those people that can remember what you did, like, April of last year versus June of last year? No, no, that I can't. Will or not? I can't. Names, names, too. I'm the older I get. I have real trouble with names. Even if I'm calling my sisters, I have three sisters. I get their names confused. I know, it's tough. It's tough, I know.

36:06Jason's the same with names. Well, Jason's the same with faces. I was just going to say. I think I discovered my smallest dog yesterday, who, you know, we've had for eight years now. I think he's got facial blindness, right? Whatever that thing is. He barks at me every day. And usually about 30 seconds after he just saw me last. And he'll look at me like I'm a stranger that's just broken in through the side window and I'm coming in to do a lot of damage. I'm like, guy, I just fed you. The actor in you wants desperately for him to recognize you. Please. I walk around with my headshot and it's signed.

36:45He doesn't want it. I watched. You always have a stack of headshots with you, which I admire. I think that takes a lot of guts. Just to try to disarm some sort of unfriendly. Yeah. But Jason, your dog's interesting. Maybe it's, that is interesting. I adore dogs. I do too. That's fascinating. I do too, but not this one. Jason, by the way, speaking of your dog, I met this guy yesterday, you know, Frank, your dog. My top dog? Your top dog. I met a guy yesterday. This is a true story. I forgot to tell you what he said. My dog is Jason's dog Frank's brother. And I said, no kidding. And he said, yeah, the guy who I...

37:23Oh. First of all, my dog's name is Hank. Nice to meet you. Frank. I know. And so his dog is related to my dog, Hank. What's my dog's name? Your dog's name is Petrol. Nice try. Peter. You didn't remember either. Shan... Bella. Bella. Oh, yeah. Bella. So, yeah, now that's my other dog. He recognizes me right away. He's very loving, very lovely. I don't have a problem with him. Yeah, Hank. Sean, we all cut you off. Sean, go, please. No, I just was interested in our guest. Favorite color, Liam. Did I guess it? Did I guess it, Sean? No. Now, you've told us your funny theater story. What's your funny movie story?

38:06He's the worst, Liam. I'm so sorry. I don't want to get into movie stories, but I'm surprised Sean hasn't asked this yet because I'm fascinated, one of the great films of all time, Schindler's List, and how that experience came to be for you. Yeah, well, I was going to ask that too. I know. I know everybody wants to know it, but I don't know any stories, and it's one of my favorite films. Yeah. I was living out in Los Angeles at the time, and my agent sent me this script, which was just breathtakingly horrible and beautiful and incredibly well-written, I knew Steven Spielberg a little bit. Was it Eric Roth or Steven Zalian, one of the two?

38:47Steve Zalian. Yeah. Thank you, Jason. Steve Zalian. And I had read for Steven with a bunch of kids when he was casting Empire of the Sun. Oh, wow. Christian Bale's first movie, right? I guess he remembered me. So I was asked to go in and meet him for Schindler's List. and I had, you know, because it's set in the 1940s, I hired a 40s suit and I tried to keep my ears short and stuff. And I spent about two, two and a half hours with Stephen and Stephen had a camera. It was just he and I in a room and I prepared a couple of little speeches from the film, the script. And then after it was over, he said, thank you very much.

39:32And I felt great. I thought, well, if I don't get this, I've spent two and a half, three hours with one of the great movie makers of our time. And then I went to, yeah, I went to New York after that to do a play. I had to get on the stage again. I thought you were going to say, then I went to Ed DeBevick's and got a dream. So you go to New York and do a play. How long did he make you wait? Well, it was quite a few weeks. I was doing this play where I met my wife. The play was called Anna Christie. I met my wife and Stephen and his wife, Kate, and Kate's mum came to see the play. And they came backstage afterwards, which was very sweet of them.

40:17And I opened my door and I was half undressed and stuff. I said, oh, my God, Stephen, I'm sorry, let me put a robe on or something. And Kate's mum was quite emotional, quite teary after the performance, the play. and I went and just gave her a hug. Apparently on the way, when they left and they were driving back home, Kate said to Stephen, that's just what Schindler would have done. Now, Stephen told me, no, it was your audition, you know, that got you the part, but I like the story of, you know, that's what Schindler would have done. What's the great quote from the man who shot Liberty Valance?

40:57when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. I like to think it's because I hooked Kate's mom, you know, that got me the part. Yeah, that's great. And now, a word from our sponsor. And now, back to the show. Working with, you've worked with so many great directors. Can you remember anything that, from any of them, I imagine Spielberg would be right near the top of it, that really kind of took your breath away like ah that is the difference in great directing versus good directing was is there anything that was super noticeable about what he or any of the other incredible directors you've worked with have done their ability to to make a set comfortable um uh the way in which they work with the crew uh anything that that stands out does maybe even specifically about Stephen with that film?

41:53Because it was just so finely done. It was interesting with Stephen because it was the first film he had done without using a storyboard. Normally he always uses a storyboard and you can go up and see the cartoons drawn of what you're going to shoot. Yeah. He didn't. And, you know, he was telling the story of his people, his Jewish people. And he was incredibly nervous. He felt the responsibility of the story he was telling you. Yeah, and I remember the first day, we finished the play here in New York on Sunday, Sunday afternoon. I flew out on Monday, and as far as my memory, as far as I can remember, it was either Tuesday morning or the Wednesday morning, like 5.30 in the morning, we were at the gates of Auschwitz, the real Auschwitz in Poland, and I think the World Jewish Congress, I think that's the right name, didn't give Stephen permission to shoot inside Auschwitz.

42:52But the production design team did a brilliant job. We shot outside of Auschwitz but made it seem as if it was inside Auschwitz. Right, I remember that story. And I was dressed in a big fur coat and hat and nice and warm, even though it was unbelievably cold. And this train was coming in and all these extras were coming out, as Jewish people and German extras with guard dogs. And it was terrifying. It was terrifying. And I remember I was waiting to do my bit and I walked down, you know, by the barbed wire fences and looking inside at the huts that, you know, the Jewish people were crammed into all those years ago.

43:39And I was just looking and Branko Lustig, who was one of the producers. He's dead now, God rest him. But he came up to me and said, how do you feel? I said, yeah, I'm okay, Branko. You know, I'm warm enough and just looking forward to starting, you know. And we were looking at the huts and he pointed out to a hut and said, see that one there, third one from the left? I'm making this up now. But he said, that's where I was. No way. At the age of six. Well, I just lost it. Wow. Yeah. I lost it. My knee started to shake. And I thought, fuck, this isn't acting. This isn't a fucking movie. This is a piece of history we're telling here, and I'm not worthy.

44:25I just kept saying to myself, I'm not fucking worthy. I'm a fucking Irish actor. I should go back to Ireland, go back into the theatre. What the fuck am I doing here? Dressed up in this big fruit coat and here to save these Jewish people. it was terrifying but Stephen was great and it's a little scene where I pull one of these girls little Jewish girls up because these prisoners shouldn't have been sent to Auschwitz they're supposed to be working in my factory because Oscar Schindler had this armaments factory and he was there to save their lives otherwise they were going to die in Auschwitz so I go up to this guard and say how dare you do this?

45:10These are my people. They have to go back. And I'm shaking. And I pulled a little girl up, and I was doing it too gently because she was freezing, this little actress. And Stephen came over to me and said, you've got to just, listen, stop the niceness. Grab her. Pull her up. Her life's at stake here, you know? So I apologized to her. I said, look, I'm going to grab you quite roughly and pull you up so that this guard sees you. She was only about seven or eight years of age. and I'm supposed to say to the guard, I need this little girl, those small hands so they can clean the inside of metal casings for the armaments.

45:53But I can never quite say the line right. You're speaking in German at this point, right? Supposed to be, yeah. But in English. But anyway, I'm rambling, Jason. They're all different. I love this. All the directors are different. you know they're all listen i liam i have such a you just reminded me the first time i saw that film because i've seen it a few times like a lot of people and so incredibly moving hearing you talk about i can't imagine feeling that and it comes across that sense of responsibility that you felt in that moment and i remember i was at the uh theater of the old chelsea theater is i don't think it's called that anymore but on 23rd at 8th avenue i was living in new york and oh yes yeah Yeah, and I remember I was seeing that film and there was that moment where there's the chaos of everybody coming off the train and stuff and everybody's freaking out.

46:41Nobody knows what's going on. And at that very moment in the theater itself, the fire alarm went off. So they've got those little lights that are blinking and there's a sound going, and the blinking. And it was almost like it happened, you know, that it was part of the film and people started freaking out in the theater and people were openly weeping. because it just heightened an already very heightened moment. Yeah. And it made everybody, and it forever changed the way, it was just such a visceral thing to actually have happen in that moment. Yes. Yeah. What do you get into that is not really, really hard work like you usually do?

47:26Yeah, are you still boxing too? Is that part of your regimen? I have a bag. Well, I have a gym. and I use a bag sometimes, but I just like to read. I'm an avid reader, you know? Really? Yeah. Wow, you guys are, we're very similar, Liam. Easy, Will. No, Liam and I are very similar. I like to read, and I also have a bag right out the door here. Jason has a bag, but he keeps it behind the toilet, and he just goes in there for a couple minutes at a time. Or he plays past the bag with one of his Hollywood friends. But don't use too much of it, yeah. I got to get through the night, yeah? Liam, I would like to ask this question.

48:03What drugs have you dabbled in? Because here's the thing. Here's the thing. He's our secret weapon, Liam. He's the best. Keep going. Sorry, Sean. No, please. When you're doing, like you said, 100 things, like 100 films, whatever, docs and everything. Sure. And you're traveling and the time changes and the night shoots and this stuff. When you were younger, you're like, how am I going to get through this? You had to have partaken in this something to get through all of those many, many films of just endless months of shooting. Are you Cindy Adams? What is going on? Do you want him to admit to drug use?

48:32I'll talk to you about the... We've talked about the drugs we took. Go ahead. I took mushrooms. Tell Rona Barrett the last time you participated in some sort of illicit drug use. You don't have to answer that if you don't want. Okay. I'll bet the way you stay up and peppy nowadays is all that exercise. I'll bet you eat well. Sounds like you're staying nice and sane with lots of reading. It doesn't sound like you're doing a lot of things to slow yourself down or hurt yourself, huh? No, that's about it. It's very boring. I mean, I fly fish. I love to do that whenever I get a chance. We should hook you up with Jimmy Kimmel.

49:09Jimmy Kimmel. He likes to fly fish a lot. Jimmy is, yes. I'm going to go to Jimmy's lodge sometime this year. I don't know when. I was supposed to go last year. There's a big group of us going in a few months. We're going to send you the invite. Come on up. We're going to go this summer. And you can tease me. Are you really? Yeah, I swear to God. It looks spectacular. It's stunning. He's really done a great job with it. Oh, I can't wait. Oh, that's terrific. I can't wait. Wait, Sean, you still want to know about Liam's drug use, right? No. Sorry, Sean. No, no, no. You don't have to answer his garbage question, Liam.

49:44It's interesting. No, it's fair enough. I'm not 24. I just, certainly when I was in Ireland in the theater, after shows we'd go to the local pub, you know, I've adored Guinness. Absolutely adored it. Yeah. And then you turn a certain age and it sticks to you. Do you know what I mean? You start putting on weight and it's like, oh, my God. Yeah. And I switched to red wine. I absolutely adored that. Yeah. That puts on less weight, but the hangover's not as fun. Right? Yeah. It's all that sugar. I stopped drinking eight. Yeah, just over eight years ago. Wow. I must say I don't miss it. Oh, that's good.

50:24Same here. Jason, we don't drink. I don't drink basically out of vanity. I can admit that. But that's okay. What's the remaining vices for all of us? I mean, it's pathetic with me. Yeah, it's like sugar and like crunchy, salty snacks. And, you know, Jay. Yeah. Oh. Golf? No, pot gummies. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, gummies. Well, I mean, is that a vice? I don't know. It's legal nowadays, right? Jason, have you tried those, Lima? Have you tried the gummies with the THC in it? And the CBD. No, I have gummies with the CBD and a little bit of melatonin. I take those every night. Yeah, puts you right out.

51:04I do have trouble sleeping. Jason's got some other stuff for you, and the first one's free, he says. First one's free. I'm just going to stay on afterwards. Let me get your P.O. box or something. People still use P.O. boxes? Sean, you like weed. You like to smoke weed every once in a while. Well, I haven't smoked in years. I can't smoke it anymore, but I do eat the gummies. The gummies as well. You don't mind that. And then what's your other advice? You don't drink coffee. Do you drink coffee? Liam, are you a coffee guy? No, I give up caffeine. I know, it's so fucking boring. No, you're very disciplined.

51:36And I'm constantly, this, it's a mug. What is that? Okay, it's a Stanley mug. I adore them. It keeps my black decaf tea hot for five or six hours. Oh. And it's also my little security blanket. Do you know what I mean? I take it on set. I try and get it into every movie. Oh, you do? You try to get it? Do you ever smash guys in the face with it? Because you're in these actual Clash of the Titans. That's going to happen. That is going to happen. Are you doing anything currently that you're embarrassed of? Any crappy TV you're watching? You say you read a lot. Are you reading a comic book that you're not proud to reveal to anybody?

52:16No. Crime. I'm still into my Nordic noir crime. Oh, no, here comes Will. Like Nesbo and those guys? Yeah, Nesbo's good. Henning Mankell, he passed away about four years ago. He was extraordinary. And I just played Philip Marlowe in my last film. So I had never read, much to my shame, Raymond Chandler before. So I read most of his stuff for preparation, I guess. Will has met his match with the smokiest voice on this podcast. Yes. Do you guys do any voiceover work? We've done three films together. And we've never met. And also, we were talking before about Ray Fiennes. He also was in Lego Batman and played Alfred to my Batman.

53:04And we had a lot of scenes together. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah, and we have yet to meet. And I'm just such a fan. I can't wait. That is terrific. Liam, do you do any voiceover work other than the animation every once in a while? Are you the voice of any particular product on television? Do you do any commercial stuff? No. Because Will talks about GMC trucks all the time. Yes. Lucky for them, he's still doing it. I don't. I like doing documentaries, and I've done quite a few of those. But products, no. You should. My God. Liam, you would clean up. Yeah. Have you done any of the Ken Burns documentaries?

53:42Yes, I have, actually. During lockdown, I did, oh, there's one on Anne Frank. that's coming out. Oh, that's cool. I played Anne Frank's father, just a few lines, and the current one on Benjamin Franklin, I think, has come out. I have a small part. Is that one out yet or no? Not yet. Ken Burns is a genius. Yeah. He's been on the show. He was an incredible guest. We had him on, yeah. You did? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's so erudite, and he's just... Did you see the Ali? The Ali. Muhammad Ali one? I haven't seen that one yet. I have to say, and Muhammad Ali was, is, always will be my idol. Always was.

54:26Yeah, that documentary is incredible. The one he did on World War II is incredible too, called The War. World War II, but the American Civil War, I have to watch that at least once a year. It's incredible. And it came out, I don't know, 25 years ago or something. Well, I love that you love Muhammad Ali because you were, and I mentioned before, you did box a little bit, amateur boxer for a couple of years there. Yeah, I started when I was nine. I think I had my last fight when I was like 17 or something. Wow, my God, that's old enough to get hurt. Yeah, it was starting to hurt. Yeah, because kids punch each other all the time, but then you become a teenager and you've got to really be pissed off if you're going to get into that because you can get hurt.

55:09But boxing, so you were boxing as a young adult or adult, right? Well, at the age of 13, 14, I started to shoot up. I mean, I'm 6 '4". That's amazing. Then I guess it was about 6 '3 or something. And the punches were, yeah, they were starting to hurt, you know. And I remember once coming, we had a tournament in our little local parochial hall in my hometown back in Ireland. And I was boxing this guy. And I actually won the fight, but I felt my heart of hearts, I didn't win that fight. but when I came out of the ring my trainer said okay Liam go on downstairs and put your clothes on and I was and fix your face but I didn't know what he meant clothes go down it was weird and that was like a kind of a strange concussion so that was my last fight I knew enough to think fuck this I'm getting out of this You know, I did a friend of ours, Lisa Kudrow, produced this show called Who Do You Think You Are?

56:19and it traces your ancestry. Did she hit you hard in the face during the shooting of that? And all of my ancestors, you know, from Ireland, I'm Irish as well, and we went over to Ireland, everybody is a drunk and a thug. Everybody fought and just fights everybody. Well, there we go. There's a great quote. Thanks, Sean. No, of my ancestors. Thanks, Sean. Of my ancestors. Oh, your ancestors. Yeah. Not everyone in the country. No, not everybody Irish. but all my answers were just thugs and drunks and it's like why is everybody I don't know everybody just seems to be loves to be in fights where are they from Sean where do your family hang out Dingle and oh Dingle beautiful County Kerry and yeah all around you ever go back there Sean just for that the show I did just to fight just to fight it's so pretty over there oh it's unbelievable I think it's like the oh Dingle Dingle's very very special my grandfather's from Dingle and And he was going to...

57:11Beautiful fruit from there, those dingleberries. Have you tried... No, Will. I'm thinking of something else. You are. Liam, we've taken way too much of your time. God, we could talk to you forever. You're just such a fascinating guy and one of those, just such a great performer and I'm just in awe of your talent. Oh, shut up, shut up. Thank you for saying that. That was true. I'm such a kind, kind man too. Yeah. So thank you for spending some time with us on your off day here. Yeah. Thank you, Liam. Jason, can I say to you, I know I said this to you before when I saw you at the garden a couple of years ago, three years ago or something.

57:46Please give Victoria, your mom, my love. Now he's showing off. This guy is the nicest guy in the world. He meets my mother one time on a Pan Am flight. She was a stewardess for Pan Am, a flight attendant for Pan Am. Yeah. 20 years later, he runs into me. He's never met me before, but I guess she had mentioned once she had met him that I was her son. And so this is 20 years later. We're back at a ranger game at Madison Square Garden. And I see Liam Neeson. I'm like, oh, my God. I'd totally forgotten that my mother had said anything, that she'd met him. He stops me. He says, hey, hey, you're Jason.

58:23I met your mother X number of years ago on a plane. And how is she? Is she doing? Remembered her name? It just knocked me out. And then when I told my mother that, she cried for a week. I mean, yeah. So thank you so much for being such a kind man. No, please. And Justine too. Please, please give him my love. I will tell her for sure. And it's something, and I can't quite remember Jason, but it was a flight from either Los Angeles to London, Pan Am, which doesn't exist, of course, or from London to LA. I can't remember. And I was just, I was very vulnerable, not because I have a fear of flying.

59:01I don't. Something was happening. and for some reason, Victoria, your mom, spotted something in me and she just took care of me. Yeah. She'd bring me tea and check on me every so often. I'll just never forget it. Look at both these guys. Very special. Just writing jokes. As soon as you said, take care of me, both of them wrote about six jokes in four seconds. Well, luckily he followed up and said, with a cup of tea. With a cup of tea. They put their pens down. I didn't need to, yeah. She was very accommodating. Well, that's very sweet. It's so great. And again, Liam, such a fan, and thank you so much for your time.

59:39Yeah, it was such an honor. Thank you. It's an honor to talk with the three of you. Thank you so much. Can you say hi to Laura if you talk to her before I do? I sure will. I love her so much. She's going over to Ireland, I think, in May to shoot a film. I'm going over there to shoot a film with my best dear friend, Kieran Hines. Oh, yeah. We're going to shoot a film in Donegal. You're not killing anybody in that, are you? Oh, yeah. You are. Yeah, of course. Quite a few. Quite a few, he said. Why do you think he took the part? He's the Pope, a Catholic. Come on. The great Liam Neeson, thank you so much, our friend.

1:00:16Thanks, guys. So nice of you to do this. Thank you, Liam. That's great. Thanks, boys. Take care. Bye-bye, pal. See you later. The great Liam Neeson. When he came on the screen, I was like, what? That's so, what? Liam Neeson. he's so like iconic it's so crazy when i was like i i wanted to have him on the show and then they said and michael uh mgt said yeah we're gonna have liam neeson he's gonna do it i thought like is this really gonna happen crazy yeah how'd you do that willie yeah i don't know i have no idea i think he i think that he thought you know i mean he knew you a little bit and he was such a fan he talked about seeing us at the garden another time and he wanted to come say hi and he did not And his new movie, Memory, comes out April 29th, which is, the guy, God, he's made it over.

1:01:03I didn't even get a chance to ask him about Star Wars. I know, Sean. Too bad, there's not enough Star Wars in the world, I know. Thank God. It's such a shame that we never had an opportunity to talk about fucking Star Wars. He was in so many Star Wars movies. And then he was like, he was one of those stormtroopers in Force Awakens. And you spent your time with Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans. That's right. You're going to lose your card. I swear to God. Sean, I loved, I really, out of deference to you, I wanted to start it off by asking about theater stories because. Thank you.

1:01:38Because he started in the theater. I know. I love that. Thank you. Yeah, I love that. I love. You'd think people would have, like, at the ready. Well, it turns out, it does start to feel like the only, only embarrassing things in the theater happened to you. Yeah. and Kristen Chenoweth maybe that's true and the time that you poisoned Kristen I forget how the story went but maybe she just had an anxiety attack because the curtain call was such complicated blocking so let's just go back so you came from either side of the so it was sort of like a bye entrance was it a bye entrance oh a what a bye entrance wait wait wait are we done bye bye bye bye bye bye bye I don't endorse it smart Smartless.

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