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 More Quotes by Harrison Ford More Quotes From Harrison Ford I haven't purposefully set out to play heroes. I'm interested in playing the character who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. But he's really either just saving himself or acting in the service of something that's important to him. Harrison Ford hero play character I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored. Harrison Ford grateful careers hot I get an opportunity to communicate with the audience about the movie that I've made. I get the chance to bring attention to the film that I've made. I care a lot about the movies that I make. I want them to reach an audience, and I want them to be successful. I promote nearly everything that I do, unless I've got some bad taste in my mouth. Harrison Ford successful opportunity attention I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it. Harrison Ford effort age I believe that the racial injustice which existed such a short time ago probably would have persisted longer if the color barrier had not been broken in baseball. Harrison Ford color baseball believe I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package. Harrison Ford behaviour emotional thinking 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. Harrison Ford indiana interest want Why do I ask for directions? Because I hate wasting time. Harrison Ford asks hate time The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and an understanding of what motivates people, of what makes a good movie from an emotional place. Harrison Ford emotional views people You always have to know what the ambition of the scene is, what the purpose of that scene is in the telling of the story overall, so that you're there to support the story. Harrison Ford support purpose ambition A bad guy in a movie has a lot of latitude for acting. He can walk up the wall, crawl across the ceiling, go piss in the corner and everybody will say, "Fantastic!" But somebody's going to have to catch that sucker. Somebody's going to have to play the guy who gets him in the end. And that's a better part. Harrison Ford wall guy play I found out that drama was a fascinating exercise as a way to get out of my self and into somebody else's head. Harrison Ford self exercise drama [After playing Indiana Jones and Han Solo] hero image concerns me a little, though not for my sake. All it means to me is that I have a responsibility not to get caught doing anything terrible and thereby jeopardise my credentials. Not that I do terrible things, like running over dogs or anything like that. It just makes you think twice before you say or do things in public. Harrison Ford hero dog running I like working. It is where I feel useful. I have no plans to cut down. I am happy with what I do. There will be a lot more of me yet, that's for sure. Harrison Ford working-it plans cutting It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular personality and understanding of yourself to help tell other people's stories. Harrison Ford ambition personality people For some directors, I'm the actor from hell. Harrison Ford hell actors directors An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with. Harrison Ford actors understanding Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was understood by the rest of the world. Harrison Ford baseball america world [In relationships with a directors] I want to be able to give and take, and I can't name what it is: respect, energy, investment in the task, focus, humor, intelligence, but I always feel responsible for taking the money. Harrison Ford focus names giving As a matter of fact, that was a bit of a problem for me at the beginning of my career - the problem of identification. In The Conversation I played a character who was gay, so nobody recognised me from American Graffiti. When I did Apocalypse Now, after Star Wars, I played an intelligence officer of the American army. George Lucas saw the footage I had done and didn't recognise me until halfway through the scene. Harrison Ford stars character war
