Sam Neill slams Australia's offshore 'concentration camps'

By Karl Quinn
Updated June 26 2016 - 3:10pm, first published June 25 2016 - 12:02pm
Sam Neill may sprinkle most of what he says with humour, but he is in deadly earnest when talking politics. Photo: Steven Siewert
Sam Neill may sprinkle most of what he says with humour, but he is in deadly earnest when talking politics. Photo: Steven Siewert
Actor Sam Neill at Sake Restaurant in Double Bay.
 Photo: Steven Siewert
Actor Sam Neill at Sake Restaurant in Double Bay. Photo: Steven Siewert
Dumplings at Sake. Photo: Steven Siewert
Dumplings at Sake. Photo: Steven Siewert
Brussels sprouts at Sake Photo: Steven Siewert
Brussels sprouts at Sake Photo: Steven Siewert

Sam Neill has the charmer's way of remembering your name and using it often. Like when I take an edamame pod and accidentally drop the empty shell back in the food bowl rather than in the one for scraps. "You're forgiven, Karl," he says, the eyes twinkling, the smile crinkling through the grey beard.

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