Harrison Ford Quotes
The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.
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I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
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If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.
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The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.
