Starring in a science fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I need a challenge. I need the intellectual stimulation. I'm a member of a community on each film, working in concert to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
[Jimmy] Breslin's [write] really great book on Branch Rickey. And Branch Rickey himself wrote quite a lot. There's some film and kinescope… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
That [film What's My Line] was very useful to me because it had Branch Rickey in a social situation. Every other bit… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey lookalike than a Harrison Ford lookalike.… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I think American films right now are suffering from an excess of scale. Lots of movies we're seeing now are more akin… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
There comes a point when you've exhausted your opportunities playing good guys. I've been around long enough, I think I'm entitled to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I think it turned out to be a pretty good movie [42]. I wouldn't lie to you. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
[In relationships with a directors] I want to be able to give and take, and I can't name what it is: respect,… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
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,… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
What I think is really great about this movie [42], that young people who weren't there will have a chance to have… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I try to preserve a certain amount of time away from the movies, so I don't allow time to do those smaller… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I get an opportunity to communicate with the audience about the movie that I've made. I get the chance to bring attention… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I knew that there was an aspect to this story that was beyond the typical and that it was something very important… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
A bad guy in a movie has a lot of latitude for acting. He can walk up the wall, crawl across the ceiling, go… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
There are a lot of different paths through the jungle, but...the simplest thing you can do is make yourself useful. Be easy to work… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don't think I'm grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent vision. I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
That [film What's My Line] was very useful to me because it had Branch Rickey in a social situation. Every other bit of film… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Because the character is a fiction, he's a composite of other contributors to the science that brought this enzyme therapy through the process. We… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Henry: Well I'm sorry about your head though, but I thought you were one of them. Indiana: Dad, they come in through the doors. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
It's the primordial characters [of the Star Wars]. It's the beautiful princess and the callow youth and the smartass that I played and the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
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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, energy, investment in the task, focus, humor, intelligence, but I always feel responsible for taking the money.” quote by Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bfc/harrison-ford-1782_able_in-relationships-with-a-directors-i-want_3099029.jpg)
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![“When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that - I mean, we were surrounded by English crew members that could hardly keep themselves together. They were, "Here comes the guy in the dog suit." They made fun of us, which was OK…” quote by Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/830/harrison-ford-1782_audience_when-we-were-making-it-star-wars-none-of_92630.jpg)
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