Liam Neeson Worked At A Guinness Bottling Plant | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

tell me if this was a dream job or not I. know that as a as a young man um. obviously before you had made it you. worked at the Guinness plant uh there. was right there was a Guinness bottling. plant in my hometown whereby the. Guinness would be brought up in these. huge tankers from the Guinness Breweries. in Dublin right to our establishment. where the Guinness would be bottled mhm. and the Guinness would then come down. and create 24 bottles yeah uh per crate.

and to be stacked on pallets and I drove. a forklift truck so once the pallets. were filled with uh I would go in and. lift the pallet of Guinness and it would. be stored at 54 degrees Fahrenheit for. 10 days and then it would be distributed. to various pubs and stuff you know yeah. but it was a great job I loved it I love. I mean you just hear about well the. forklift sounds fun but also working in.

a Guinness Factory just sounds like. Willy Wonka you know it sounds like it's. the Irish version of Willy Wonka but. Willy Wonka just makes one kind of beer. but all the kids get to drink it yeah uh. it's uh it is funny my it always I. always laugh when I'm back in Ireland. and I see lots of advertisements for. Guinness and I think you don't need to. advertise it it just seems I know why. why are there ads everywhere hey have. you tried Guinness would you like some. you should try it we know we know it's.

it's it's the it's the Touchstone of. this whole country is Guinness they used. to be a mad I don't know if you would. have got it here I'm. talking late 70s mhm and the ad. forgivness programs on go to a. commercial break and the the scream. would just go. black and it would stay black and you'd. be wanting to go over and bang the side. of the television and as you're about to. do that you suddenly start to see these. little B bubles so what it was was a.

paint of Guinness the camera slowly. moving up to reveal the white head yeah. yeah that was the ad yeah it was. brilliant yeah they did show that here. this 30 seconds of Blackness was brought. to you by Guinness that was it. incredible it's funny because I know. that for years I don't think they do. anymore but they they encouraged they. said oh it's fine even if you're. pregnant it's it's good for the baby. it's it's it's good for the breast milk. if you've you know uh iron are yeah yeah.

my first son was born in uh Hollis. Street MH a very famous maternity. hospital in Du and my wife got L was uh. you know it wasn't she gave birth to our. son Michael but she was very very anemic. we didn't realize this mhm and she. needed something like 12 units of. blood and I was about to start shooting. Michael Collins I had cyle back home. once the baby was born and lot.

everything's okay and suddenly there was. this emergency these five six nurses. apparently come in my wife's in call my. husband please call my husband and. they're going it's all right don't worry. it's all right MH and it was all right. yeah and but but they started giving her. a bottle of Guinness every day I'm. picturing it hanging up like an IV no. that's what they do in Ireland don't. worries yes anybody they bring them in. motorcycle accident they put a thing a. Guinness up run an IV in your arm I'll.

be all. right just a scratch off your. head Massive Internal damage give him. some Guinness he's all right now he's. all right um you know we were talking. just before we got started. about uh there was an event we did. because you have this this great. Spielberg uh. Association um uh that you know because. you were in sh played Oscar Schindler. Schindler's List and Oscar.

Schindler you don't remember God you've. had too much Guinness it was a big this. is a big moment in your career you. should remember this Le oh that black. and white movie. yeah he couldn't afford Color Film is. was a weird time for him to cheap out on. such an important movie no such a. beautiful such a fantastic movie and you. were so brilliant in that role and I. know that they uh but you and I got. invited to this big uh uh Spielberg.

event and they sat us next to each other. you know someone thought I we'll put. we'll put niss next to put the Irish. together but it was a pretty heavy table. we were at because I was the MC for the. event you were speaking at the event um. I think Springsteen was so at our table. was um Bruce Springsteen Patty myself. because I'm the MC that's how I got in. you're there of course uh uh and Steven. Spielberg President Barack Obama comes.

and sits at the table and you and I I'll. never forget we're sitting next to each. other wondering how the did we get. to this. table I feeling that side I know I know. we just both naturally everyone else at. the table feels like this is the table. we should be at and you and I are. there we're the two we're both 6'4 but. we both shrank and we both felt like. it's a mistake that we're here I know I. I still feel like that if I'm in.

illustrious Company still feel L you. know what is that why do we because. there are people who don't feel not. worthy yeah exactly exactly but we don't. feel we we're always feeling that way. I'm always thinking that I came in. through the back um that I you know I. quickly got out of my waiter's uniform. and put you know I never feel like I. should be there I know any uh Sir. Anthony Hopkins Tony Hopkins one one of. the great actors I was in a film and 40. years ago Tahiti uh a remake of mutiny.

on the B MH Mel Gibson D. Lewis extraordinary cast and um Tony was. magnificent as as Captain BL. yeah yeah Melvis Fletcher Christian but. any time I run into Tony Hopkins and I. saw him in Rome three weeks ago was fny. in a film and Tony was in the same hotel. and I up to room uh knocking the door.

met him and uh give each other big hug. it's been close to 40 years I've seen. him how's it g Tony you know what he. says to me right he leans on me he says. good big good lad I haven't been found. out. yet I haven't been found out and he. means it yeah of course he means it two. Academy Warriors yeah I've seen. him on stage he's brilliant yeah yeah. but he means it he means it and I've. talked about this before uh there are.

people I I know Chris Rock used to say. it to me when he'd come on the show he'd. lean over and go like well they haven't. found me out yet and it's just I know. that and I think it's the people I like. the. most have that yeah you know it's almost. uh they're not too comfortable they. think and you don't want to be I don't. want to be you know I've made over a 100. films yeah and sometimes I think oh I on. set if someone's not going I think go on. say something say something Liam.

you've done a 100. movies well excuse me do you mind if I. just say something I think if he comes. in the door first that'll solve your. camera. problem let's try it okay it works just. just saying I'm so sorry I'm so sorry. and also. uh but I don't mean it and I'm humble. humble humble I it's like when I was I. know this for a fact when I was 32 years.

old in New York City I was with my. girlfriend at the time and uh looking at. a menu and they had a meal that was. every just look they had a entree that. was just perfect had all these different. ingredients but it had some black olives. in it and I don't like black olives and. I said she said well you'll love that. and I said no it's got black olives I I. won't order that and she said just tell. them um can you just leave the olives. off and I said I can't do that 30 three. and she said yeah you can and I said.

she'll hate. me what yeah she doesn't care I mean it. took me that long to try and figure out. that you're allowed to say some things. you're allowed to um now I'm a total. prick when I go to a restaurant so I he. yeah the words out on me you I want this. pasta with no. pasta.