To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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Harrison Ford
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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, two Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes and two SAG-AFTRA's Actor Awards. He is also the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, Honorary Palme d'Or and SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Harrison FordWith the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's s…
I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.
I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experien…
Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's s…
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.
What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the re…
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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 character actor.
I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.
I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experien…
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.
I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
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 kin…
I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.
Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
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.
You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.