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Liam on Regis and Kelly, Nov 12, 2004
Liam appeared on Regis and Kelly. A clip was
made thanks to Kathy. Please rightclick and save.
Edited: Transcript is now up. See for it below. Thanks to Sally!
Edited: Transcript is now up. See for it below. Thanks to Sally!
Transcript:
Regis: … playing the controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey back in the 40's and 50's in a new movie called Kinsey, and here's Liam Neeson!
Regis: Liam Neeson!
Kelly: Liam Neeson!
Liam: Oh, here we go again!
Kelly: I know.
Regis: I love saying it.
Liam: You’ve still got these chairs that I never feel quite safe in.
Regis: Yeah, I know they're a little shaky, aren't they? I'll just say it once and … well, get it over with …
Liam: Go on!
Regis: See, you gotta build up to it ... Liam Neeson !(much applause )
Regis: Congratulations!
Kelly: (Interrupting) It's such a build-up for such a small pay-off, isn't it?
Regis: Congratulations on the great reviews, I hope you saw them. Had a chance to see them this morning, they’re all …
Liam: I haven't; but I've heard they're good.
Kelly: Terrific!
Regis: They're terrific. I'd say it was one of your best acting jobs ever.
Liam: Yes, of course! (said Grandly)
Regis: Did you feel it? Do you feel it when you're good as an actor or an actress?
Kelly: Don't look at me, I don't know!
Liam: Well, you know sometimes you feel when you're on, you know, you know, when you are connecting to an audience. You must feel that during the week.
Regis: Yeah, sure! But …
Liam: ... Some shows are better than others.
Regis: Right, but you're connecting to another person in this case, you know, you're getting into his…
Liam: Yeah, well, hopefully ... oh, I see … the person you're playing! Well, I mean, you know…
Regis: So you felt good about Kinsey when you were doing him.
Liam: I felt really good. I just thought it was a very important film to make. Umm, it was a chance to work with Laura Linney again.
Regis: Again, boy, you two are a team really! A great team, too.
Liam: Yeah, we are.
Regis: What does it feel like when you keep working with someone year after year?
Liam: We're like an old married couple.
Regis: An old married couple! That’s exactly how we don't feel, but anyway…
Liam: ... Without the sex.
Regis: So, Liam, did you learn anything about sex doing this movie?
Liam: Uh, yes, I did.
Kelly: Anything you can tell Regis?
Liam: Quite a lot.
Regis: Did you really?
Liam: Um, I also learnt just how, I mean, the extraordinary thing when Kinsey was doing this research, I mean he interviewed like 18 thousand people in the 40's and 50's...
Kelly: Right.
Liam: … And was struck with, particularly with the ignorance of the young, of the youth of this country about sex, about their own sexuality. Like it was not uncommon in the 30's, you know, for girls not to know where babies came from. There was a big survey done in the 1940's for high school boys; like 95 percent of them did not realise that a man was responsible for bringing a baby into the world.
Kelly: He is? (said naively)
(Liam says something here)
Regis: And you thought it was all you, didn't ya?
Kelly: Just a little joke!
Liam: It was, you know, it was staggering! He was staggered by it.
Regis: It was that bad …
Liam: Yes, it was that bad, you know, so he started the phenomenal research and produced this data, statistics that kinda shocked everybody.
Regis: Oh, I bet it did! Now we're gonna pause and come back and have Liam Neeson explains even more…
Regis: Liam Neeson got the new movie coming out, doing a lot of interviews with the press and doing Saturaday Night Live.
Kelly: Ah!
Regis: (It’ll) Be on tomorrow night and he's enjoying it, you know, some actors are a little reticent about doing it because it's quite a strain, you gotta learn all those lines but you're enjoying it, look …
Liam: I am enjoying it, I mean, it's been great being with a wonderful creative team, uh, but I'm making a total jerk of myself.
Regis: No.
Kelly: Well …
Liam: But, it's all right.
Regis: Have you done much comedy in your career, Liam ?
Liam: No, very little No, no.
Regis: So?
Liam: So everybody keeps telling me I'm very funny, you should do SNL. Now that I'm doing it I'm not so sure.
Regis: Well, this guy Kinsey was quite, quite a guy. Now, you must have had a lot of research to do about him.
Liam: Well, I did, Regis. There’s four or five biographies written on him that range from not very good to excellent. The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research & Sex Gender and Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana sent me, that Kinsey founded 1938. They sent me a whole whack of stuff.
Regis: Was that a part of Indiana university?
Liam: Yes, it was; it is! Still is!
Regis: Still is.
Liam: Very very vital.
Regis: So the research continues!
Liam: Oh, absolutely very very important!
Regis: And he was happily married for many years.
Liam: Very happily married. I mean his marriage was his foundation stone. I mean he could not have done this incredible research without the stability of this marriage.
Regis: In fact, here's a scene, tender scene from the Kinsey movie. Here you are with Laura Linney playing your wife. Take a look at this.
Liam: Great!
(Film clip)
Mac: I think I really fell in love with you tonight… seeing you here.
Kinsey: Do you think we can make this work, Mac?
Mac: I don't know. I've heard some people just don’t … fit together.
Kinsey: There's no one I'd rather be with.
Mac: Physically? I mean … surely there's someone who knows.
Kinsey: That’s it, Mac! Every problem has a solution, even this one. We just need to talk to someone, an expert who's studied the matter.
Mac: What are you doing?
Kinsey: We still have more time.
Regis: Was that early on in their marriage?
Liam: That's early on, you know! He was 27 or 26 when he lost his virginity and disastrously so… um, it starts from there, you know.
Regis: Disastrously, eh?
Liam: Well, they were totally, both of them, were totally ignorant of sex. They go to a doctor and find out that it's actually a very very minor problem and it kinda releases them, you know.
Regis: Okay, ah, so anyway, a great review! Great reviews in the papers today. Thank you so much, Liam. Thank you so much for being here! Liam Neeson!
Kelly: Good luck, tomorrow night!
Regis: … playing the controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey back in the 40's and 50's in a new movie called Kinsey, and here's Liam Neeson!
Regis: Liam Neeson!
Kelly: Liam Neeson!
Liam: Oh, here we go again!
Kelly: I know.
Regis: I love saying it.
Liam: You’ve still got these chairs that I never feel quite safe in.
Regis: Yeah, I know they're a little shaky, aren't they? I'll just say it once and … well, get it over with …
Liam: Go on!
Regis: See, you gotta build up to it ... Liam Neeson !(much applause )
Regis: Congratulations!
Kelly: (Interrupting) It's such a build-up for such a small pay-off, isn't it?
Regis: Congratulations on the great reviews, I hope you saw them. Had a chance to see them this morning, they’re all …
Liam: I haven't; but I've heard they're good.
Kelly: Terrific!
Regis: They're terrific. I'd say it was one of your best acting jobs ever.
Liam: Yes, of course! (said Grandly)
Regis: Did you feel it? Do you feel it when you're good as an actor or an actress?
Kelly: Don't look at me, I don't know!
Liam: Well, you know sometimes you feel when you're on, you know, you know, when you are connecting to an audience. You must feel that during the week.
Regis: Yeah, sure! But …
Liam: ... Some shows are better than others.
Regis: Right, but you're connecting to another person in this case, you know, you're getting into his…
Liam: Yeah, well, hopefully ... oh, I see … the person you're playing! Well, I mean, you know…
Regis: So you felt good about Kinsey when you were doing him.
Liam: I felt really good. I just thought it was a very important film to make. Umm, it was a chance to work with Laura Linney again.
Regis: Again, boy, you two are a team really! A great team, too.
Liam: Yeah, we are.
Regis: What does it feel like when you keep working with someone year after year?
Liam: We're like an old married couple.
Regis: An old married couple! That’s exactly how we don't feel, but anyway…
Liam: ... Without the sex.
Regis: So, Liam, did you learn anything about sex doing this movie?
Liam: Uh, yes, I did.
Kelly: Anything you can tell Regis?
Liam: Quite a lot.
Regis: Did you really?
Liam: Um, I also learnt just how, I mean, the extraordinary thing when Kinsey was doing this research, I mean he interviewed like 18 thousand people in the 40's and 50's...
Kelly: Right.
Liam: … And was struck with, particularly with the ignorance of the young, of the youth of this country about sex, about their own sexuality. Like it was not uncommon in the 30's, you know, for girls not to know where babies came from. There was a big survey done in the 1940's for high school boys; like 95 percent of them did not realise that a man was responsible for bringing a baby into the world.
Kelly: He is? (said naively)
(Liam says something here)
Regis: And you thought it was all you, didn't ya?
Kelly: Just a little joke!
Liam: It was, you know, it was staggering! He was staggered by it.
Regis: It was that bad …
Liam: Yes, it was that bad, you know, so he started the phenomenal research and produced this data, statistics that kinda shocked everybody.
Regis: Oh, I bet it did! Now we're gonna pause and come back and have Liam Neeson explains even more…
Regis: Liam Neeson got the new movie coming out, doing a lot of interviews with the press and doing Saturaday Night Live.
Kelly: Ah!
Regis: (It’ll) Be on tomorrow night and he's enjoying it, you know, some actors are a little reticent about doing it because it's quite a strain, you gotta learn all those lines but you're enjoying it, look …
Liam: I am enjoying it, I mean, it's been great being with a wonderful creative team, uh, but I'm making a total jerk of myself.
Regis: No.
Kelly: Well …
Liam: But, it's all right.
Regis: Have you done much comedy in your career, Liam ?
Liam: No, very little No, no.
Regis: So?
Liam: So everybody keeps telling me I'm very funny, you should do SNL. Now that I'm doing it I'm not so sure.
Regis: Well, this guy Kinsey was quite, quite a guy. Now, you must have had a lot of research to do about him.
Liam: Well, I did, Regis. There’s four or five biographies written on him that range from not very good to excellent. The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research & Sex Gender and Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana sent me, that Kinsey founded 1938. They sent me a whole whack of stuff.
Regis: Was that a part of Indiana university?
Liam: Yes, it was; it is! Still is!
Regis: Still is.
Liam: Very very vital.
Regis: So the research continues!
Liam: Oh, absolutely very very important!
Regis: And he was happily married for many years.
Liam: Very happily married. I mean his marriage was his foundation stone. I mean he could not have done this incredible research without the stability of this marriage.
Regis: In fact, here's a scene, tender scene from the Kinsey movie. Here you are with Laura Linney playing your wife. Take a look at this.
Liam: Great!
(Film clip)
Mac: I think I really fell in love with you tonight… seeing you here.
Kinsey: Do you think we can make this work, Mac?
Mac: I don't know. I've heard some people just don’t … fit together.
Kinsey: There's no one I'd rather be with.
Mac: Physically? I mean … surely there's someone who knows.
Kinsey: That’s it, Mac! Every problem has a solution, even this one. We just need to talk to someone, an expert who's studied the matter.
Mac: What are you doing?
Kinsey: We still have more time.
Regis: Was that early on in their marriage?
Liam: That's early on, you know! He was 27 or 26 when he lost his virginity and disastrously so… um, it starts from there, you know.
Regis: Disastrously, eh?
Liam: Well, they were totally, both of them, were totally ignorant of sex. They go to a doctor and find out that it's actually a very very minor problem and it kinda releases them, you know.
Regis: Okay, ah, so anyway, a great review! Great reviews in the papers today. Thank you so much, Liam. Thank you so much for being here! Liam Neeson!
Kelly: Good luck, tomorrow night!
Posted: Mo - November 15, 2004 at 10:27 vorm.