Ed Harris Quotes

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• We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
• A lot of films come out before they're finished.
• I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
• For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
• I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
• I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a…
• I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.
• I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.
• I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.
• I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
• It's hard to see a film that's been made from a book that you really loved because it's such a different experience
• I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary
• You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting
• I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've…
• I havent even been drinking, but, at all, but, you know, being a man, Ive got to say that weve got this guy in the…
• There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which…
• You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's…
• When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of
• One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself
• You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else

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