Facts about Harrison Ford

Occup.Actor
FromUSA
BornJuly 13, 1942
Age81 years

Summary

Harrison Ford is a famous Actor from USA, he is 81 years old and still alive, born July 13, 1942.

Zodiac:
He is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 46 quotes who is written / told by Harrison, under the main topics: Change - Dad.

Related authors: Brion James (Actor), Anne Heche (Actress), Lukas Haas (Actor), Martha Plimpton (Actress)

Filmography:

46 Famous quotes by Harrison Ford

Small: What is news? Its hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are no
"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 rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen"
Small: I think retirements for old people. Im still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine y
"I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can"
Small: I rarely play a real person, because I dont think Im a good imitator
"I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator"
Small: I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a
"I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy"
Small: Hollywoods got its own particular environment
"Hollywood's got its own particular environment"
Small: Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesnt pay very well
"Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well"
Small: We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance
"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance"
Small: There is no child left within me, none whatsoever
"There is no child left within me, none whatsoever"
Small: I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years
"I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years"
Small: All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor
"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor"
Small: If I were a serious person, Id probably have a real job
"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job"
Small: Im addicted to Altoids. I call them acting pills.
"I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.'"
Small: I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when Im in an airplane talking to air-traffic control
"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"
Small: I dont mind doing interviews. I dont mind answering thoughtful questions. But Im not thrilled about ans
"I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'"
Small: I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him
"I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him"
Small: Everything I do, Im sort of half in, half out
"Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out"
Small: Bikes and planes arent about going fast or having fun theyre toys, but serious ones
"Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones"
Small: You know youre getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them
"You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them"
Small: When I first started out, I was a bad actor
"When I first started out, I was a bad actor"
Small: To me, success is choice and opportunity
"To me, success is choice and opportunity"
Small: The actors popularity is evanescent applauded today, forgotten tomorrow
"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow"
Small: It doesnt interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jac
"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"
Small: If youre asking me to acknowledge that Ive gotten older, I can do that
"If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that"
Small: Im like old shoes. Ive never been hip. I think the reason Im still here is that I was never enough in f
"I'm like old shoes. I've never been hip. I think the reason I'm still here is that I was never enough in fashion that I had to be replaced by something new"
Small: I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. Im aware of that now, which doesnt give me a lo
"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"
Small: I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I havent been the most a
"I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored"
Small: What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily
"What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily"
Small: Ive never wanted to be the boss
"I've never wanted to be the boss"
Small: I have relationships with people Im working with, based on our combined interest. It doesnt make the re
"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 experience"
Small: I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I wont be the last. It is just
"I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity"
Small: I accrued anger from peoples low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of
"I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of"
Small: I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didnt want to do what my da
"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"
Small: I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship
"I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship"
Small: The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth
"The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth"
Small: The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation.
"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"
Small: I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didnt want to go to the same place every day and see the
"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 people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges"
Small: I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you
"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"
Small: The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that its a cowboy movie first and then stuff ha
"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"
Small: The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie
"The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie"
Small: Some actors couldnt figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldnt see the light at t
"Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel"
Small: I dont do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well an
"I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself"
Small: Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes its misinterpreted
"Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted"
Small: With the CGI, suddenly theres a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. Y
"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 something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion"
Small: Really, what are the options? Levis or Wranglers. And you just pick one. Its one of those life choices
"Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices"
Small: Ive always been somewhere down from the top, so Ive never had to suffer being knocked off the top
"I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top"
Small: I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didnt like it a bit
"I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit"