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Harrison Ford

(1942) Actor United States

208 quotes in 1015 categories

Huge movie failures that loom like a wall are inevitable, Harrison Ford says, and they stay on screen forever. He also talks about wanting a different life, away from the same places and people each day. Finally, he stresses the value of being useful and a hard worker.

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Harrison Ford is an actor from the United States, best known for Patriot games.

Quick Facts About Harrison Ford

Born: July 13, 1942
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Patriot games
Spouse: Calista Flockhart

About Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, five Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He is the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, Honorary Palme d'Or and SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.

Awards & Honors

AFI Life Achievement Award Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Honorary César Disney Legends California Hall of Fame Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Harrison Ford

I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it.

Age

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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

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Parenting is an impossible job at any age.

Age

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What I hate is the loss of anonymity.

Anonymity

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The Force is within you. Force yourself.

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I'm like old shoes, I've never been hip.

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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.

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Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.

Inspirational

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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

Actor

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An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.

Actor

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Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.

Choice

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My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working…

Actor

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I'm in it for the money. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. This is my job.

Money

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If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.

Failure

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Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along -- or don't.

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The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

Actor

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The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an…

Actor

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You get a sense of reference there. You feel part of something that's got order and balance and harmony to it. All…

Balance

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[In relationships with a directors] I want to be able to give and take, and I can't name what it is: respect,…

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I don't think I have something that's pronounceable as a philosophy. ... When it was fashionable to say, "May the Force be…

Fashionable

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The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and…

Cinema

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It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming…

Blossoming

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I've never been bothered by proximity to special effects and I've never felt disadvantaged by them. They're all part of a movie,…

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Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don't ad-lib because I think that makes it…

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I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don't think I'm grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent…

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I don't want to be a slave to electronic devices. I don't want to be connected to my friends. I don't want…

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I have the ordinary experience of having the blender bottom come off in my room upstairs. I have the ordinary experience of…

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I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's…

Cinema

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I get an opportunity to communicate with the audience about the movie that I've made. I get the chance to bring attention…

Attention

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We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the…

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With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need…

Army

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The capacity to create [visual] effects in the computer has made the job easier, but it has also introduced the complexity that…

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American Graffiti was the first movie where the director let me have any input. It was the first time anyone ever listened…

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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

Actor

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The environment has become a political, polarizing issue.

Climate

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Money is really only important if you don't have any.

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My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon."

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It's not the years honey, it's the mileage.

Aging

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Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

Behind every great man

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You have to have the darkness for the dawn to come.

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Harrison Ford by topic

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