The 75-year-old actor shared the information of his analysis in his upcoming memoir, Did I Ever Inform You This?, which is ready to launch on Tuesday. Neill spoke with The Guardian in regards to the guide, revealing that he began writing tales from his life as a option to preserve busy throughout therapy all through the final 12 months.

“I by no means had any intention to jot down a guide,” Neill stated. “However as I went on and saved writing, I spotted it was really kind of giving me a purpose to dwell and I’d go to mattress pondering, ‘I’ll write about that tomorrow … that may entertain me.’ And so it was a lifesaver actually, as a result of I couldn’t have gone via that with nothing to do, you understand.”

Neill revealed he first skilled swollen glands final March, in the course of the press tour for his return as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World Dominion. Shortly after, Neill was identified with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. He’s at the moment on a chemotherapy drug he’ll proceed to take month-to-month for the remainder of his life. Neill is at the moment cancer-free.

“I’m not afraid to die, however it could annoy me,” he stated. “As a result of I’d actually like one other decade or two, you understand? We’ve constructed all these beautiful terraces, we’ve obtained these olive bushes and cypresses, and I wish to be round to see all of it mature. And I’ve obtained my beautiful little grandchildren. I wish to see them get huge. However as for the dying? I couldn’t care much less.”

The actor concluded that he is “simply happy to be alive” though the final 12 months had its darkish moments.

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