Mark Harmon Quotes
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When I was in acting classes early on, there were so many people in these classes who were doing great work, and you'd just look at them and say, 'Wow, I hope to someday be like that.' And yet these people never worked. You never saw them.
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I was never interested in playing him with a big red S on his chest. I’m much more attracted to the underbelly stuff. Gibbs is a loner, with emotional scars a mile deep that run in a million different directions. At work, he’s a leader. But who is he if you take away his job? I play him, and even I don’t know the answer to that.
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I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.
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It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.
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I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.
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I'm not a big 'me' guy. I'm a 'we' guy. It's the way I was raised.
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St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.
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I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.
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I don't care who's No. 1 on the call sheet or how big my trailer is. I care about the work. I don't care who gets the laughs. I just care that the laugh comes.
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'Let's Get Harry' was where I met Bob Singer and worked with him for the first time, and then 'Reasonable Doubts' was the second time, and there was a thing after that called 'Charlie Grace' that was the third time. I liked working with Bob. A nice man and a good partner.
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People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.
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I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years, I realise I must enjoy walking that edge; I keep doing it.
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Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.
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I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.
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If other people think I'm okay looking, that's great, but I don't see it myself. When I look in the mirror, all I see is a bunch of fake teeth and football scars.
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I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.
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At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.
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I don't have regret about things I've done that are successful or not successful or what people perceive or don't know or whatever. I just know for me it had to be the right choice at the time. Sometimes that choice is just about getting a job.
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I used to hang out in my dad's workshop on weekends. Later, when I was starting out as an actor, I became a roofer and a framer to make money. But what I really enjoyed was the finished work. I like the longevity.
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I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.