Liam Neeson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I had read for Stephen with a bunch of kids when he was casting Empire of the Sun.
Christian Bale's first movie, right?
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 hair short and stuff.
And I spent about two, two and a half hours with Stephen.
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.
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 New York after that to do a play.
I was doing this play where I met my wife.