"People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds"
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The telling move is how quickly he shifts from “me” to “both of us.” Whether he means a partner, a creative unit, or simply his household, the subtext is stability. In an industry built on individual myth-making, Neeson frames belonging as something shared and chosen, not conferred by red carpets. Then he reaches for theatre as the credential that outranks celebrity. Theatre implies craft, repetition, risk, and a live audience you can’t edit. It’s also a subtle rebuke to the Hollywood attention economy: you can disappear into stage work and still claim artistic centrality.
The geography talk sounds like travel-chat, but it’s strategy. New York becomes a cultural hinge: prestigious enough to counter any “outside” narrative, practical enough to justify a transatlantic career. “Best of both worlds” is the softest phrase here, yet it does the hardest work - reframing a potentially defensive question into a statement of control. Neeson isn’t outside the loop; he’s chosen a different circuit, one that trades industry gossip for the long game of craft and mobility.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Neeson, Liam. (2026, January 16). People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-ask-me-if-i-ever-feel-outside-the-112223/
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Neeson, Liam. "People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-ask-me-if-i-ever-feel-outside-the-112223/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-ask-me-if-i-ever-feel-outside-the-112223/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




