Sam Neill

New Zealand actor Sam Neill has revealed he is being treated for stage three lymphoma, which was diagnosed about a year ago.

["I am in remission and that's why we are talking." "I was told that I had stage three lymphoma of some kind, it's non-Hodgkin's ... The writing took Neill about four or five months, he said. "I am in remission and that's why we are talking." Sir Sam Neill](/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018882323/sam-neill-releases-revealing-memoir) Sir Sam Neill duration 48:27](/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018882323/sam-neill-releases-revealing-memoir) [Download](https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20230318-0810-sam_neill_releases_revealing_memoir-128.mp3) ["I am in remission and that's why we are talking."

The Jurassic Park star is now on a new chemotherapy drug which he will continue to receive monthly for the rest of his life.

Congratulations Sir Sam!" The 75-year-old has penned a memoir about his life titled Did I Ever Tell You This? In a Facebook post, Dame Cindy called the 75-year-old icon a "legend of the silver screen". And I found it increasingly engrossing. His redesignation from Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit to its equivalent honour, a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, was approved by the late Queen Elizabeth II earlier in the year. In his book, he said when he looks in the mirror, "there's a bald, wizened old man there."

The Jurassic Park star opens up about living with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and more in his new memoir.

Indeed he is about to start work on a new film in Australia with the star of American Beauty, Annette Bening. In the book Neill travels "through the past and the alleyways of my life." It was "a pleasure", he says, before mischievously adding: "Mostly." Neill is also the man who didn't want to be James Bond. There is also clearly no love lost between Neill and the Australian actress Judy Davis. "I'm not afraid of dying," he says. And the good days are just fantastic and when you get some good news it's absolutely exhilarating." There are, he says, "dark days." "It's ridiculous. He's appeared in more than 70 films, working alongside actors including Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Jeff Goldblum. We speak so we can be understood. And I found it increasingly engrossing.

The actor says writing a memoir gave him a "reason to live" and that he first experienced swollen glands during publicity for Jurassic World Dominion before ...

Neil told The Guardian: "I can't pretend that the last year hasn't had its dark moments. The 75-year-old actor told The Guardian that writing his memoir gave him a "reason to live" following the diagnosis. The actor says writing a memoir gave him a "reason to live" and that he first experienced swollen glands during publicity for Jurassic World: Dominion before his diagnosis.

"I can't pretend that the last year hasn't had its dark moments."

The Kiwi actor said he was using a new chemotherapy drug that he will continue to take monthly for the rest of his life.

“I may have to speed this up.” * Possibly dying,” he writes in chapter one of the book.

'Jurassic Park' Star Sam Neill Treated for Stage-Three Blood Cancer: 'I'm Not Afraid of Dying, but It Would Annoy Me'.

Neill reprised his role of Alan Grant in “Jurassic World Dominion,” which grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office last year. Neill, best known for playing Alan Grant in the “ [Jurassic Park](https://variety.com/t/jurassic-park/)” franchise, first “experienced swollen glands during publicity for ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ in March last year and was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma,” the publication reports. “But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends.

In his forthcoming memoir, actor Sam Neill, best known for his work in the "Jurassic Park" franchise films, reveals he recently battled stage III blood ...

“But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. “I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments,” Neill added in the interview. A representative for Neill confirmed to CNN that he is in remission.

Sam Neill's personal assistant Lauren Folk Major thanked the fans for their support and is already working in his next project.

Some research shows [stem-cell therapy has ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22851556/)“encouraging outcomes”. [Hodgkins and Non Hodgkins, the chief difference being which kind of ](https://moffitt.org/cancers/lymphomas-hodgkin-and-non-hodgkin/faqs/hodgkin-lymphoma-vs-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/#:~:text=The%20primary%20difference%20between%20Hodgkin,these%20cells%20are%20not%20present.) [lymphocyte, or white blood cell, the cancer attacks](https://moffitt.org/cancers/lymphomas-hodgkin-and-non-hodgkin/faqs/hodgkin-lymphoma-vs-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/#:~:text=The%20primary%20difference%20between%20Hodgkin,these%20cells%20are%20not%20present.). Because it affects the T-cells, AITL can impact organs beyond the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system filters lymphatic fluid and white blood cells around the body, helping your body fight disease. “But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. * . Just pleased to be alive.” [Lymphoma Research Foundation](https://lymphoma.org/understanding-lymphoma/aboutlymphoma/nhl/aitl/#:~:text=Diagnosing%20AITL%20requires%20taking%20a,or%20stage%2C%20of%20the%20disease.) says diagnosis is most commonly by biopsy, and PET and MRI scans.

Actor Sam Neill reveals he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, writing in a memoir that he was "possibly dying" from the illness diagnosed a year ...

"I never had any intention to write a book. In the opening chapter, written while undergoing chemotherapy, Neill said: "The thing is, I'm crook. I may have to speed this up."

The New Zealand actor's new memoir reveals that he has been 'crook' with blood cancer and will need chemo for the rest of his life. But relaxing on his farm ...

The notion of the afterlife is ridiculous to him, so instead he lightly contemplates the notion of consciousness (“If it’s an illusion, I’m fine with that”), and the alluring idea of “dissolving and dispersing into the cosmos. Joyous gratitude seems to be Neill’s default position now, but there is contemplation of the self and the cosmos too. I had my family and all the grandchildren. “I’m not off the hook as such, but there’s no cancer in my body,” he says. (“Have you noticed I have a slight look of lab rat about me?” he jokes.) At the time, Neill was the only person in New South Wales on it, and when he switched his treatment to New Zealand so he could be home for Christmas, he was the only person in the country. But as I went on and kept writing, I realised it was actually sort of giving me a reason to live and I would go to bed thinking, I’ll write about that tomorrow … Even this decade, when he has been so ill, and he has trod the fine line between solitude and loneliness. Details of past relationships are either omitted, as in the case of his most recent relationship with the Canberra press gallery journalist Laura Tingle, or referred to fleetingly as with his marriages to actor Lisa Harrow and to film makeup artist Noriko Watanabe. He has a reputation as a genuine Mr Nice Guy and his friends are legion, firm, and not only stellar – yes, there he is on his much-loved As memoirs go, it is very funny and extremely entertaining, but with a judicious touch of poignancy. We’ve built all these lovely terraces, we’ve got these olive trees and cypresses, and I want to be around to see it all mature.

Sam Neill's personal assistant Lauren Folk Major thanked the fans for their support and says he is already working in his next project.

His cancer is now in remission. Some research shows [stem-cell therapy has ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22851556/)“encouraging outcomes”. [Hodgkins and Non Hodgkins, the chief difference being which kind of ](https://moffitt.org/cancers/lymphomas-hodgkin-and-non-hodgkin/faqs/hodgkin-lymphoma-vs-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/#:~:text=The%20primary%20difference%20between%20Hodgkin,these%20cells%20are%20not%20present.) [lymphocyte, or white blood cell, the cancer attacks](https://moffitt.org/cancers/lymphomas-hodgkin-and-non-hodgkin/faqs/hodgkin-lymphoma-vs-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/#:~:text=The%20primary%20difference%20between%20Hodgkin,these%20cells%20are%20not%20present.). Because it affects the T-cells, AITL can impact organs beyond the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system filters lymphatic fluid and white blood cells around the body, helping your body fight disease. “But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. * Just pleased to be alive.” [Lymphoma Research Foundation](https://lymphoma.org/understanding-lymphoma/aboutlymphoma/nhl/aitl/#:~:text=Diagnosing%20AITL%20requires%20taking%20a,or%20stage%2C%20of%20the%20disease.) says diagnosis is most commonly by biopsy, and PET and MRI scans.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, Guardian Australia reported on Saturday.

"The thing is, I'm crook. Chemotherapy treatment initially failed but Neill is now cancer-free after switching to a new anti-cancer drug that he will take for the rest of his life, according to the Guardian Australia SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - New Zealand actor Sam Neill is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, Guardian Australia reported on Saturday.

It was revealed yesterday Sir Sam Neill has angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma diagnosis. He has opened up about his diagnosis in a memoir that is being ...

He has starred in almost 100 films and dozens of TV series. And next month his mystical adventure movie The Portable Door, also filmed in Queensland, will be released to stream on a variety of channels worldwide. Former Evil Angels co-star and icon Meryl Streep describes the book as “Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp. The Aussie author also wrote Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, which was also filmed for TV in Australia. “Hilarious, wicked, wonderful, kind, thoughtful, engaging and wise,” is how UK actor Stephen Fry describes the book. In chapter one of Did I Ever Tell You This?

The "Jurassic Park" star told the BBC​ that he is now in remission, but continues to undergo chemotherapy treatment.

What I don't want to do is to stop living, because I really enjoy living," Neill told the BBC. "I'm not really interested in anything other than living." "More than anything I want my beard back," Neill told the BBC.