Sam Neill says his shocking cancer diagnosis prompted him to write his life story in a memoir: “Work is what I do best – I’m not good at being lazy.”
Sam Neill’s cancer diagnosis shocked him to write his new memoir, Have I Told You This Before?
The Jurassic Park legend, 75, said that after learning he had the deadly disease, he threw himself into action.
He said, “Work is what I do best.” nine. “I’m not really good at not working out, that’s the truth.”
Describing himself as “lazy”, Sam explained that he was instructed by doctors to rest immediately upon being told he had a hangover Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
He continued, “I always considered myself a very lazy person, and then when I was told I had to be lazy, it was unbearable.”
Sam Neill’s cancer diagnosis shocked him to write his new memoir, Have I Told You This Before?
Jurassic Park legend, 75, said after learning he had the deadly disease he threw himself into action
Sam is currently starring in the new family-friendly movie The Portable Door with James Bond’s Christoph Waltz, which begins streaming on Stan April 7.
He said he set out to write his new memoir “just to pretend he was busy”.
The book was kind of a lifesaver in a way. Now I’m back at work and I couldn’t be happier.
Sam sought medical treatment after noticing he had lumpy glands on his neck while on a publicity tour last year for Jurassic World Dominion.
He is now in remission but will receive chemotherapy for the rest of his life.
Sam is currently starring in the new family-friendly movie, The Portable Door, with James Bond Christoph Waltz, which begins airing on Stan April 7.
Sam sought medical treatment after noticing he had lumpy glands on his neck while on a publicity tour last year for Jurassic World Dominion.
Sam rose to worldwide fame after starring in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park in 1993 – one of the most popular films of all time which grossed $914 million worldwide (pictured)
Set in London, the special effects film also features Patrick Gibson (The OA) as a low-paid intern who discovers mysterious goings-on at a secret company.
In a recent interview with the BBC, the veteran actor admitted, ‘I’m not afraid of death. But it will bother me. Because I would really like another decade or two, you know?
We have built all these beautiful terraces, we have olive trees and cypress trees, and I want to be there to see everything ripe. And I have my two beautiful little grandchildren. I want to see them grow up.
‘But for the dying?’ I couldn’t care less.