Sam Neill

thumb|If I've made a film that turns out to be good, that's a good result. If I've made a film that's good and made a couple of friends, that's a great result. If I've made a film that's no good, but I made a friend, that's still another great result. Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, KNZM, OBE (14 September 1947 – 13 July 2026) was a Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor. Quotes thumb|I got an Irish passport the other day. I love it. It's the best thing in my pocket I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed. Referring to his role on The Simpsons, in Entertainment Weekly (23 July 1993) 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]. Who Weekly [New Zealand]; (23 August 1993) I got an Irish passport the other day. I love it. It's the best thing in my pocket. The Irish Times (13 December 2008) Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir (2022) I raised both arms towards the sky. There is no gesture you can make that says you are alive, on a planet, more than that, with your face turned upwards to the sky. There I was, all old bone and sinew and ribs. And then I looked again. I looked properly at my true self. Without any judgment. And I saw me. I told myself this one thing. You are unique. There is only one you. And that is you there, right here, for better or worse. Except that there is no better, and there is no worse. It’s just you. And I am alive. Right now in this moment I am truly alive. This me. Most of what I’ve written has been about other people. And the truth is that I find other people more interesting than I find myself. Well, they just are. The lives of others. The Self and Others If I've made a film that turns out to be good, that's a good result. If I've made a film that's good and made a couple of friends, that's a great result. If I've made a film that's no good, but I made a friend, that's still another great result. It’s at a time like now that the importance of other people is thrown into even sharper relief. You realise who your friends are. You know where the love is. The Self and Others External links 554 Category:1947 births Category:2026 deaths Category:Actors from New Zealand Category:Immigrants to New Zealand Category:University of Canterbury alumni