Harrison Ford Quotes
An American film actor and producer.
(1942 - )
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Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.
[Motivation]
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All I would tell people is to hold on to what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.
[Success]
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All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.
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Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I've got a home that I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself." If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too.
[Happiness]
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.
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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.
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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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.
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I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.
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I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.
[Success]
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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.
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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.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.
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