Fred Ward Professions : Actor Born : December 30, 1942 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Fred Ward When you're a father, you know exactly where your heart really is. There's no question of it, no doubt. That part of your life has no second guessing. Fred Ward doubt heart father I think were struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles. Fred Ward women struggle thinking Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. Thats probably one reason I became an actor. Fred Ward trying-different-things clothes people I like to spread myself out. Since I was a kid, I always recognized some void. Fred Ward void spread kids As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're asked to play are fairly macho and have a certain rigid standard they're living by. Fred Ward guy play fun It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening. Fred Ward listening talking men I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with. Fred Ward growing-up letting-go sex I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money. Fred Ward drunk beer morning It's like a prehistoric reflex, you know, going out and getting the meat and bringing it back to the cave. You feel you're supposed to make it better, but more than likely she's asking you to tell her how you feel. Fred Ward going-out meat asking In this play we're dealing with relative truths - who's lying, who's telling the truth. But underneath that, Ed and I have hit this deeper level of intimacy between old friends that comes out in the play. Fred Ward friends play lying There's nothing like castrating 20 pigs before lunch. I did that during school whenever the need arose. They'd call out the agricultural class and put us in trucks to go help the local farmers. Fred Ward class pigs school There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything. Fred Ward impulse felt creative My career has been a bit strange. I dont think it took the normal route. Fred Ward normal careers thinking If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to solve her problem. In fact, all she wants to do is share, or show how she feels. Fred Ward answers want facts In the beginning Remo is a very New York street cop who changes and is changed as he moves along. Fred Ward street new beginning new-york Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
