"Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk"
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The intent reads partly as tribute, partly as corrective to the idea that power equals entitlement. On a film set, attention is currency. The biggest name in the room can drain it (by demanding it) or distribute it (by giving it). Hemsworth is praising Ford for the latter: leadership that doesn’t announce itself, it circulates. Saying hello becomes a managerial move as much as a human one, an implicit “we’re making this together,” even if the call sheet says otherwise.
There’s subtext aimed at the industry’s status anxiety. Hemsworth, himself a leading-man commodity, is signaling what kind of star he values - and by extension, what kind he wants to be. The reverence isn’t for celebrity; it’s for craft. Caring about “what’s in the scene” and “what’s on the desk” is Ford’s way of saying the movie matters more than the mythology. That’s how icons stay employed and, occasionally, beloved.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hemsworth, Liam. (2026, January 15). Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/harrison-ford-comes-on-set-and-hes-very-polite-172528/
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Hemsworth, Liam. "Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/harrison-ford-comes-on-set-and-hes-very-polite-172528/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/harrison-ford-comes-on-set-and-hes-very-polite-172528/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




