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International stardom arrived following his performance in Dead Calm alongside Nicole Kidman, yet he resisted moving to Los Angeles permanently.
He spent a maximum of 18 months living in California, deciding the environment was unsuitable for raising his two children.
He is survived by his son Tim, born in 1983 to actor Lisa Harrow, and his daughter Elena, born in 1991 to makeup artist Noriko Watanabe.
The actors found the singular focus on show business in Los Angeles deeply boring and unfulfilling.
He balanced his professional career by operating a farm and growing wine in New Zealand to maintain his personal sanity.
While the independent film The Piano achieved massive cultural impact, Neill remained proudest of the 1981 artistic horror movie Possession.
He praised co-star Isabelle Adjani and noted the film pushed his acting capabilities to unprecedented places.
Following his cancer treatments, Neill maintained that the true golden age of cinema occurred between the 1950s and the 1970s.
He continued working extensively because the prospect of retirement and inactivity filled him with genuine dread.
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Coming from an obscure corner of the world made international film opportunities immensely seductive for the veteran actor.
