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I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.
Harrison Ford
Movies
,
Human
,
Lost
I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.
Harrison Ford
Dad
,
Work
,
Age
I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
Harrison Ford
Career
,
Grateful
,
Hot
I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.
Harrison Ford
Life
,
Public
,
Bit
I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.
Harrison Ford
Focus
,
Career
,
Give
I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.'
Harrison Ford
Acting
,
Call
,
Addicted
I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
Harrison Ford
Down
,
Off
,
Top
I've never wanted to be the boss.
Harrison Ford
Wanted
,
Boss
If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.
Harrison Ford
Job
,
Real
,
Person
If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.
Harrison Ford
Older
,
Asking
,
Gotten
It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously.
Harrison Ford
Business
,
Seriously
,
Interest
It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
Harrison Ford
Time
,
Business
,
Long
It's very little trouble for me to accomodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
Harrison Ford
Time
,
Trouble
,
Actually
My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.
Harrison Ford
Character
,
Nothing
,
Kids
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
Harrison Ford
Work
,
Famous
,
Character
My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
Harrison Ford
Kids
,
Older
,
Result
Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
Harrison Ford
Age
,
Parenting
,
Job
Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.
Harrison Ford
Life
,
Choices
,
Pick
Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Harrison Ford
End
,
Light
,
Rejection
Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don't ad-lib because I think that makes it really hard for everybody else involved.
Harrison Ford
Hard
,
Try
,
Sometimes
The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
Harrison Ford
Today
,
Tomorrow
,
Actor
The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.
Harrison Ford
Focus
,
Find
,
Away
The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
Harrison Ford
School
,
Word
,
Describe
The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
Harrison Ford
Time
,
Lie
,
Sounds
The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
Harrison Ford
Change
,
Beauty
,
Done
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Biography
Nationality:
American
Type:
Actor
Born:
July 13
, 1942
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