Love & Passion Quote by Liam Neeson

Neeson’s line lands with the plainspoken hesitancy of someone watching a culture war happen in real time and trying not to feed it. The repetition of "think" is the tell: he’s not staking out a hot take so much as describing the temperature of the room. Sex isn’t framed as inherently explosive; it’s framed as something people have decided is explosive. That shift matters. It turns "controversy" into a social habit, a reflex that can be dialed up or down depending on who’s talking and who’s listening.

The phrasing does two things at once. "Not always" is a pressure-release valve, a reminder that sex can be ordinary, playful, even boring. Then "but certainly" snaps the valve shut and acknowledges the undeniable: sex is one of the few topics that reliably exposes power. Who gets desire portrayed as normal? Who gets policed, mocked, or censored? In entertainment, those questions aren’t abstract; they’re contract negotiations, ratings boards, marketing plans, and headline bait.

As an actor, Neeson’s intent reads less like moralizing and more like boundary management. He’s gesturing toward discussion as a healthy default, while sidestepping the spectacle of outrage. The subtext is almost weary: we keep treating sex like a scandal, and then act surprised when it behaves like one. In a media ecosystem that profits from discomfort, his understatement is its own quiet critique.