I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Harrison Ford More Quotes by Harrison Ford More Quotes From Harrison Ford I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years I know exactly what I'm doing. Harrison Ford jumpingrunningfall The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up. Harrison Ford teenagesuccessinspirational We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the case. Our government is not doing all that it could. We must urge our leaders to fulfill the obligations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States must assume world leadership to end once and for all the threat of nuclear war. It is our moral responsibility. Harrison Ford responsibilitywarbelieve Romantic love is one of the most exciting and fulfilling kinds of love and I think there is potential for it at any stage of your life. Harrison Ford kindlovethinking 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. Harrison Ford growing-upretirementchildren I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of. Harrison Ford angermightpeople 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. Harrison Ford lastsmenfirsts The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie. Harrison Ford fake-peoplesoundlying [On being an actor] .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas station attendant, but I'm waiting on 6 million people in a week if I'm lucky. Harrison Ford timepatiencepeople I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit. I know now that I should have taken advantage of that time and that I missed a great deal of the opportunity to educate myself. Harrison Ford takenopportunityideas I've never wanted to be the boss. Harrison Ford bossownerswanted I'm like a fireman. When I go out on a call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster. Harrison Ford bigsfirewant [ Chadwick Boseman] was not a baseball player. He spent, I don't know, countless hours, many months, working two sessions a day with professional pro coaches to develop the baseball skills that he needed. Harrison Ford skillsplayerbaseball Parenting is an impossible job at any age. Harrison Ford parentingjobsinspire I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series. Harrison Ford rolesexpectationstelevision When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that - I mean, we were surrounded by English crew members that could hardly keep themselves together. They were, "Here comes the guy in the dog suit." They made fun of us, which was OK. But the first time I was sitting in a theater, and I saw all the effects in, and the big ship flew over the audience, and the sound rumbled, I pretty much thought we were close to home. Harrison Ford starsdogfun I shaved my hairline back and dyed my hair and wore a little powder, a little paint, a fat suit, and I changed my voice, but the emotions were consistent with what the point of the scene [with Branch Rickey] was. Harrison Ford branchesvoicehair What I found was an emotional consistency with him. The words, the scenes, the situations - I wasn't mimicking what I thought Branch Rickey's emotional reality would have been. Harrison Ford consistencyemotionalreality It's the primordial characters [of the Star Wars]. It's the beautiful princess and the callow youth and the smartass that I played and the wise old warrior that Alec Guinness played. And it was a fairy tale. It was a fairy tale. Harrison Ford starswisebeautiful That [film What's My Line] was very useful to me because it had Branch Rickey in a social situation. Every other bit of film [42] that I had was him making a speech. Harrison Ford brancheslinesspeech
